Bjorn started his blog about Svångemåla in 2007 as a response to questions from friends abroad, who asked about the place where he had his summer house in the Swedish countryside.
As Bjorn was a keen photographer, the blog also became a way for Bjorn to share some of his photos of animals, primarily birds, plants and trees from the area.
Bjorn sadly passed away a few days ago, so this will be the last post published on Svångemåla News.
The site will continue to be available.
The Great Tit is normally a bird that stands out because of its bright colours, but this time of the year you can hardly see them among the bright yellow and brown leaves.
The weather is slowly getting colder, so we had to go to Svångemåla to change to winter tyres. Luckily the sun came out several times and, together with the foliage, the forest was really colourful. There are some birds around, and they were very happy when I filled up the bird feeder with peanuts. The nuthatches were extremely busy going forth and back from their hiding places and the feeder, and one can wonder if they will ever find all the food they have saved/ stored :)
The nuthatch is the dominant bird as long as the jays are not around. The other, smaller birds, like the blue tits and the marsh tits all gave way when the nuthatch came.
We are back in the flat after a wonderful summer in Svångemåla. When there is no garden to take care of, no trees to cut down and no maintenance to carry out, I have the time to look at some of the 8500 pictures I have taken and to discover some that I have not noticed before, like these two. As always, click on the picture to look at the details!
A European Robin and...
It is getting really dark already around 4PM and the grass is wet all day long, so it is time to leave Svångemåla for this season. We will return in a few weeks, but for now, it is time to say goodbye. Using my 500 mm lens, that I use for taking pictures of birds, I took some quick photos of what I think is typical for this time of the year.
The only benefit of this kind of weather is the clarity of the colours. No harsh sunlight that takes them away :) All pictures were taken within one hour this afternoon.
Damson plum (Prunus domestica)
The rain is coming down heavily today, but that does not stop the birds from looking for food. This black cap female was busy eating rowan berries when I saw her and managed to get a couple of photos before I got raindrops on my lens.
The nuthatch is a funny and very lovable bird. As you know from my previous posts, I see them a lot, and usually they walk around like in the second picture, while from time to time they behave like the one immediately below. Not sure why it is doing it, but it can be because it is itching, a need for cleaning its beak or listening for insects moving in the rotten tree trunk.
Most trees are still green, but the colours are slowly changing. I thought of it today when a took a picture of a nuthatch and saw the colours in the background.
The lesser spotted woodpecker is really very small to be a woodpecker. I first mistook this female for a nuthatch, but when looking at her through my camera, I could see what it really was. A welcome guest since it is not very common. Unfortunately the light was not the best and I did not manage to get close enough to get a good picture.
