Svångemåla News

If you have read this blog before you know that I love Örarevet, a small nature reserve not far away from Svångemåla. When we visited it tod...

 A Great tit couple has built their nest in a birdhouse next to our small gardenhouse. It is amazing to sit close to the hard working couple...

  My knowledge about beetles is very limited but I am almost sure that this is an  earth-boring dung beetle. Right now I have seen a couple ...

 It is always exciting to meet animals that are new to you.  Yesterday a smooth snake crossed my path for the first time and although I trie...

The  common blue-sow-thistle is a terrible weed!  We were first happy to see its beautiful blue flowers but it did not take long before we r...

As you probably remember, a crane couple has for a long time found their home on the big field next to our plot. They walk around early in t...

 I have already shown you some pictures of apple flowers and of the black and white flytcatcher. This is what they look like together :)  I ...

 The land around our plot has been cultivated for hundred of years and one can see the remains in the form of stone walls, house foundations...

The Mourning cloak ( Nymphalis antiopa )  is one of the largest and most beautiful butterflies in Svångemåla. This one was sitting very stil...

This is flower buds on a tree my father grafted. He used a branch from a tree from my childhood and grafted it onto an apple tree in Svångem...