16th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Cold, but clear day, some very light snow.
Projects: Marsh Harrier
Apparently a bit of snow doesn’t stop Marsh Harriers! Spring in Sweden is somewhat strange by a British standard, Chiffchaffs singing whilst snow falls and 2 pairs of Marsh Harriers were seen nest building today in similar conditions.
År 2016 blev stationens femtiosjätte verksamhetsår. Våren var ganska mild med bra häckningsförutsättningar för många arter. Det förhållandevis varma och lagom torra vädret fortsatte under sommaren och hösten var mild. De första sädgässen kom den 3 februari och vårmaximum kom den 5 mars med 6 375 ex. Kvismaren är nu en mycket stor rastlokal för spetsbergsgäss och den 21 mars räknades 930 ex. Som mest räknades drygt 1 600 tranor på våren. Vädret var mycket bra med något mindre nederbörd än normalt och något högre temperaturer. Hösten var mild.
15th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Cold, but clear day
Projects: Marsh Harrier
With no more snowfall but very cold overnight temperatures, Åslasjön had frozen over almost completely, but with clear skies in the day things warmed up above 0 and the harriers seemed to be enjoying it with lots of display flying from the males over Åslaholmen.
14th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Snow
Projects: Marsh Harrier
So today was a snow day! A significant amount of snow fell throughout the day and as such it was rather difficult to get any project work done. However 3 Marsh Harriers were hunting in the snow at Fågelsjön but largely no one was thinking of nest building in the conditions.
It was nice to see a good number of Bramblings and Song Thrushes being more active in the cold weather. A poor Chiffchaff looked like it might be regretting migrating on Vallen.
13th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Dry and (you guessed it) cold
Projects: Wetlands Census, Marsh Harriers
Today was a dry day at Kvismaren and there was much less wind so the opportunity was taken to complete the last of Wetlands Census for the week. It proved an excellent morning for birds, a Bewicks Swan was present on Öbymaden and a Jack Snipe showed itself on Kvinnerstasjön during the wetland census.
12th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Very cold and wet
Projects: Marsh Harriers
An unfortunately drizzly day, leading to rather unspectacular results from the days Marsh Harrier attempts from the Rysjön tower. 1 male was seen feeding only over a couple of hour period, but the weather will mostly be to blame for the lack of activity.
This year we are attempting to identify each harrier by its markings to aid us in understanding how many adults are polygamous birds. This male was well marked with ‘blonde shoulders’.
11th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Windy and cold
Projects: Wetland Census
A drier day on the whole, but an increase in the wind speed led to a rather chilly wetlands census.
Killingemaden
Wigeon: 1
Teal: 8
Lapwing: 6
Hammarbotten
10th April 2017
Staff: Daniel Wade (DWE)
Weather: Windy and wet
Projects: Wetland Census, Marsh Harrier
And they are off! The 2017 season opened this morning, starting off with the wetlands census. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t onside so much today but was pleasant enough before 10am.
29th September 2016
Staff: FGA, IKE, LST
Weather: Rainy and strong wind
Projects: none
Today was our last day working at Kvismare Fågelstation. We spent most of the time cleaning up the station and pack up equipments. Since May, we managed to ring a total of 7342 birds – a record high in recent years. We are very pleased with this result.
23rd September 2016
Staff: FGA, IKE, LST
Weather: Rainy and cloudy
Projects: Standardised Ringing
It was drizzling all morning today. We decided to only open 20 nets for less than 2 hours before all nets got really wet. As a result, we only managed to ring 21 birds.
Ringing summary:
Winter Wren 1
Dunnock 2
European Robin 3
European Reed Warbler 5
Blackcap 2
Blue Tit 5
Great Tit 2
LST