Eurobirdnet - since 1990.

Rare birds in Sweden May 26 - June 1, 2003

Source: Club 300 bird alert system.
Most of the rarities listed below are not official Swedish records until accepted by national or local rarities committees.

Shortenings: m=male, f=female, 2y=second calender year age, w = winter plumage

English name, scientific name (Swedish name)
Number, sex/age, place (Province) day.month
The two major rarities last week were both caught at Ottenby bird observatory on Öland. One bird was considered to be a Greenish Warbler, Phylloscopus trochiloides of the eastern race nitidus (formerly considered a separate species, Green Warbler).
If accepted it will be a new taxon for Sweden.
The other bird was caught and seen three days in a row; a Booted Warbler, Hippolais caligata (caligata), the third Hippolais caligata/rama on Öland within one year. Sofar there are 7 H. caligata and 2 H. (caligata) rama recorded in Sweden, all except one from 1990 and forward.
(Sykes's Warbler, Hippolais (caligata) rama is not accepted as a separate species by the Swedish taxonomic committee).


Great Egret, Egretta alba (ägretthäger)
1 Harg (Uppland) 30.5, 1 Lake Tydjesjön (Dalsland) 30.5, 1 Öja (Västergötland) 31.5, 1 near Hässleholm (Scania) 1.6.

Black Stork, Ciconia nigra (svart stork)
1 in Närke and 1 on Öland during the week.

Eurasian Spoonbill,Platalea leucorodia (skedstork)
1 Getterön (Halland) 28-31.5.

Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis (mindre bergand)
1 ad m Lake Hornborgasjön (Västergötland) 30.5-1.6.

King Eider, Somateria spectabilis (praktejder)
1 Gotland and 1 Västerbotten.

Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (amerikansk kopparand)
1 Lake Hornborgasjön (Västergötland) 1.6, 1 Ålsäters viltvatten (Södermanland) 1.6.

Black Kite, Milvus migrans (brunglada) about 10.

Long-legged Buzzard, Buteo rufinus (örnvråk)
1 Lindö udde (Blekinge) 1.6.

Red-footed Falcon, Falco vesperitinus (aftonfalk) about 16.

Little Crake, Porzana parva (mindre sumphöna)
1 Dädesjö (Småland) 1.6.

Stone-curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus (tjockfot)
1 Rusele (Lapland) 24-30.5.

Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis (dammsnäppa)
In Uppland, Bohuslän, Närke and Öland.

European Turtle Dove, Streptopelia turtur (turturduva) about 12 - 15.

European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster (biätare)
1 Patamalm (Småland) 28.5, 1 Ottenby (Öland) 29.5, 1 Hagbyhamn (Småland) 29.5, 1 Kåseberga (Scania) 30.5.

Eurasian Hoopoe, Upupa epos (härfågel)
Småland and Uppland.

Crested Lark, Galerida cristata (tofslärka)
Gotland and Östergötland.

Citrine Wagtail, Motacilla citreola (citronärla)
Dumme mosse (Småland) and Beijershamn (Öland) during the week.

Common Nightingale, Luscinia megarhyncos (sydnäktergal)
1 Välen (Västergötland) 31.5.

Common Stonechat, Saxicola torquata (svarthakad buskskvätta)
1 Älmar (Gotland) 28.5.

River Warbler, Locustella fluviatilis (flodsångare) about 23.

Savi's Warbler, Locustella luscinioides (vassångare) about 8.

Blyth's Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus dumetorum (busksångare)
Blekinge, Öland, Uppland and Värmland.

Booted Warbler, Hippolais caligata caligata (gråsångare)
Ottenby (Öland) 30.5 - 1.6. Ringed and seen in field for 3 days.

Subalpine Warbler, Sylvia cantillans (rödstrupig sångare)
1 f ringed Utklippan (Blekinge) 29.5.

Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus (brandkronad kungsfågel) 3

Short-toed Treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla (trädgårdsträdkrypare)
1 singing at Alnarp (Scania) 28.5.

Lesser Grey Shrike, Lanius minor (svartpannad törnskata)
1 Varvsbukten (Gotland) 26.5, 1 Lagga (Uppland) 28.5.

Two-barred Crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (bändelkorsnäbb)
2 Fågelsundet (Uppland) 31.5.

and also;
2 Brown Bear (Ursos arctos arctos) in Medelpad and 2 Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (öresvin) Hallands Väderö (Scania) 29.5.

The English / scientific / Swedish bird names in the reports follows the Swedish Holarctic list adopted by SOF (Swed. Orn. Union) 1995.
For the whole list incl. explanations, start at; http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/hollisteng.html

To read all reports from 1996 - 2003, go to EBN-Sweden homepage;
http://www.pheromone.ekol.lu.se/eurobirdnet.html
(at the green section at the middle of the page. These reports have the Swedish characters intact)


Erling Jirle,
Swedish coordinator, EuroBirdNet, Erling Jirle

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