Started the birding day with a dash south for a Black Redstart that had been reported the day before from Mölndal. Dipped good and proper :) Saw male Common Kestrel and female Pheasant though.
When I got home the probable Savi's Warbler in Välen had been ID:d but I waited until nightfall to go there. Very boring trip! Tram to the end of the line and then slightly more than a kilometer to walk. Couldn't find the right street so I took another one which resulted in a 30 minute detour in quite the wrong direction... Hooray for bus line maps and compasses!
I heard the warbler long before I realised I did, but AC power thingies don't become suddenly silent. Found the tower and stood there for a while. Some Lapwings, a Redshank, a Ringed Plover and a Common Snipe were disturbed by my presence and made sound recording impossible for a while, but when they settled down I filmed with my digital camera and got an OK sound record.
Singing Savi's Warbler and warning Redshank (plus some cars)
But, my luck wasn't at end. I found a bus stop and realised that I wouldn't have to walk all the way back. From bus to tram that didn't really go where I wanted, then waiting 20 minutes for the right tram down town. Started out at ten past ten, got home at five minutes to 1. Bleh! Tired...
I wonder what will show up tomorrow? An Oriole would be nice, but I'll settle for a Rosefinch :) The Savi's Warbler was life tick 180 and I sport an average of 2.56 life-ticks per week this year. Perhaps I'm better off without a car? The accumulated mass of ticks would be unmanageable :D
27 year old birder from Gothenburg, Sweden.
Last year we twitched for year ticks. I ended up with 250 which is more than I had lifers when the year started. This year I'll go fairly easy on the year ticks (Though anything under 200 is shameful) but will instead aim for 300 life ticks in Sweden. A task and a half probably...
