Summer evening

Photo: Sydvestpynten looking west

Apologies for the lack of updates - Libby and I have been on holiday in New York and then camping on Sweden's west coast. Needless to say, not much birding done but we did have the good fortune to share our camp site by a rocky inlet at Smogen with a juvenile Black Guillemot and enjoyed a family party of Marsh Tits close to the tent.

We still had the hire car this evening so I popped down to Sydvestpynten to look for waders. Not much around, possibly due to the (surprisingly) low water levels. A few Common Sandpipers, 6 Green Sandpipers, 35 Dunlin, 4 Ringed Plovers and 3 juvenile Wheatears were all that was on offer. Still, it was a lovely evening and good to get back on the patch. Should get out a bit more now that August is here and looking forward to treating myself to a few days at Falsterbo in late August/early September for the raptor migration.