Thursday, January 28, 2021

Winter...snow!

 It is a long time since we were in Svångemåla when it snowed but when we woke up today it was all white outside !  



The road to our plot is not cleared so a 4x4 is needed to get in and out.



Glace au four for the birds :)


The nut hatch has found an acorn it probably hid some time ago.



Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Not a day in Svångemåla without a bird that just has to be in the blog...

 and this time it is one more Blue tit ! One of the cutest birds I know 🥰




Fox, cat, bob cat...?

 A thin layer of snow has revealed that a lot of animals are roaming around in Svångemåla.  It is very easy to see where the wild pigs have been or a hare or rabbit but what has walked here ?


My guess is a cat but since we have not seen any cats I wonder...


Tuesday, January 26, 2021

The moon

 The air in Svångemåla is very clean and since there is no light pollution it is possible to take ok photos even without a telescope. Click on the picture to see the crates and mountains!



Willow tit

 It is just a few cm of snow in Svångemåla but it is enough to brighten up the landscape.  The birds are happy when the sun comes out and even when it is cloudy I can hear the Willow tit singing. :)

I mistakenly wrote that this is Marsh tit but I know better now!

Talltita (Parus montanus)





Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Some more birds from Malmö

 It has been a bit chillier in Malmö and the dams in the parks have frozen. The seabirds gather where there is still a bit of open water and the other birds take shelter in the underground and in the bushes. It is a difficult time for all of them and I am sure they are longing for spring as much as I am.









Friday, January 15, 2021

New year!

 Almost all posts in Svångemåla News are from or around Svångemåla but since I have not been there lately I will this time make an exception to let you know what kind of birds I can see in Malmö, Skåne where I live during the winter :) 

Malmö is the third largest city in Sweden and is very close to Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes only 15 minutes by train to get to the capital of Denmark! 

The winters here are mild and we seldom get snow and when we get some, it is usually gone the next day.

Most of the pictures below have some of you already seen on my Facebook page.

As always, click on the picture to enlarge it! 






We have a lot of birds on one of our balconies and to scare them away we bought a decoy that supposedly looks very dangerous. Not sure it works very well :)




Saturday, January 2, 2021

2020

 2020 is not a year to remember. I am not going into everything that went wrong but the bottom line is best illustrated by the picture below. It is a fox who passed by during the last days of 2020. Let us now hope that 2021 will be a happier year for us all!