The worst thing about Falsterbo is returning home, unless you live in an area that also has a fantastic bird life. Unfortunately Voss, though good, can’t be compared with Southern Sweden. To make matters worse it has rained every day since my return, and the area seems void of birds. A trip on Monday to what is supposed to be one of the better marshes here at Voss only produced a single Herring Gull. On Tuesday I spent some time in the woods and along the shoreline at the lake in the centre of Voss. Once again there was nothing of interest on the water and the shoreline was bare, except for a few White Wagtails.The woods were a little more lively with still good numbers of Willow Warbler and three male Blackcap, but most of the species I recorded on my previous visit had either dropped in numbers or left the area. On my way home a Eurasian Sparrowhawk flew in front of the car and a Nutcracker flew from a top of a pine. Not the most exciting birding, if things don’t improve today, I will have to search the internet for cheap air tickets, and hopefully a few more birds to watch. Today, the 9/9, I visited a higher woodland area, looking down towards the lake in the centre of Voss, I could see very heavy flooding. Where I birded yesterday was now well under water. Hopefully I would find more birds, but alas no such luck. It was really windy with large trees swaying from side to side, so that didn’t help matters much. Other than a visible Meadow Pipit and Common Chaffinch (photo) movement there were only small flocks of Fieldfare and Redwing. Two Green Woodpecker were calling and small flocks of Common Crossbill were feeding in the tops of pines. So with such a dismal species list, I am off home to England, I will try and update my blog at the end of the month, before I head for Utsira.
The woods were a little more lively with still good numbers of Willow Warbler and three male Blackcap, but most of the species I recorded on my previous visit had either dropped in numbers or left the area. On my way home a Eurasian Sparrowhawk flew in front of the car and a Nutcracker flew from a top of a pine. Not the most exciting birding, if things don’t improve today, I will have to search the internet for cheap air tickets, and hopefully a few more birds to watch. Today, the 9/9, I visited a higher woodland area, looking down towards the lake in the centre of Voss, I could see very heavy flooding. Where I birded yesterday was now well under water. Hopefully I would find more birds, but alas no such luck. It was really windy with large trees swaying from side to side, so that didn’t help matters much. Other than a visible Meadow Pipit and Common Chaffinch (photo) movement there were only small flocks of Fieldfare and Redwing. Two Green Woodpecker were calling and small flocks of Common Crossbill were feeding in the tops of pines. So with such a dismal species list, I am off home to England, I will try and update my blog at the end of the month, before I head for Utsira.