Birds, birds and more birds !

I have just been to Svångemåla and sensed the energy and excitement that the many birds feel right now. They sing like crazy, swirl through the air like daredevil pilots and do everything they can to look as attactive as possible in the eyes of the opposit sex. A truly faschinating circus. The Wagtails (Motacilla alba) met me when I arrived and not long after the Cranes (Gruidae) showed off. To my great surprise and joy a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker ( Dendrocopos minor) came close to my entrance door and not far away a Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) hammered away on an old, dead tree. All in all it was a wonderful symphony and Iwill try to record it since the sounds are just as interesting as the pictures this time of the year.

Mr.Wagtail looks really proud and ready to make a good impression on the ladies!



The Crane couple seems to get along well and I hope it stays like that.

The larger of the two kinds of woodpeckers that can be seen in the area can make a lot of noise when they are building a new nest or just looking for food....

while the smaller one most often just pecks a little on the surface of the trees and is therefore more difficult to spot. It is also not so common and some even thought it had left our region for good.

Even some butterflies came out to enjoy the sun and the springflowers.