Fog

When a bit of warmer, moist air cools down over the Field, a thin fog dances like elves. Beautiful!

Mini dinosaur spotted in Svångemåla!

The largest beetle in Sweden, the stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) is a regular in Svångemåla. This time I saw a female struggling in the grass. They look like mini dinosaurs with their armoured bodies. You can have a look at a male in an earlier post! ( http://svangemalanews.blogspot.se/2014/06/butterflies-and-beetles_22.html )

Summer !

Thanks to the cold weather and plenty of rain, we have been able to enjoy wild strawberries both on vanilla ice cream and with our morning cereals. 

New tenant 2

As many of you might remember, a Wagtail couple (Motacilla Alba Alba) has been a regular in our garden.  They have built their nest under the roof tiles and become very unafraid of us. This year a Great Tit couple (Parus major) has made them move and from what I have noticed, they are a bit more reserved and aggressive compared to the wagtails. Still a nice bird to watch and listen to.
Click on the picture to see what's for lunch today !

The Svångemåla Road

The road that takes you to and from Svångemåla is famous for it's beauty. Someone called it "the green tunnel" and that gives you a good idea of what it looks like. Huge, green trees spread their branches from one side to the other although the road has been widened and straightened during the last ten years or so.

A fairly new species, lupine (Lupinus) has, with a little bit of help, started to grow along the roadside. It is by some considered to be almost a weed but I love it.

New tenant in Svångemåla

Some of you might remember that an old, dead tree became an appreciated multi story building for different birds after a woodpecker had done a wonderful job of making the necessary holes in it. One of this year's tenants is a Nuthatch  (Sitta europaea) couple.  The couple is very busy trying to feed the newly born although it is not easy due to the unusually cold weather that has, so far, kept the number of mosquitoes down.