Göran Lenz

3 June 2023

Purple Heron in Kristianstad

For the first time this year I added a new species on my list for Sweden when a Purple Heron was found close to Kristianstad. It took a while before showed and it was very hard conditions to get any clear images picture due to heat distorsion. Anyway, it was number 380 on my list for Sweden.

23 May 2023

April Pictures

The highlights of the month was without doubt the Red-flanked Bluetail that visited Malmö. I have seen one female before but this was the first time I saw a male with its beautiful plumage. Thanks to a very generous house owner that allowed us go into the garden and the bird displayed very nice. During the spring an impressive number of White-starred Bluethroat were found at different location in the south parts of Sweden. I got very nice views of a male at Nöbbelövs mosse that I was really happy with.

Tajgablåstjärt / Red-flanked Bluetail, Malmö 2023

Blåhake (Vitstjärning) / Bluethroat (White-spotted), Nöbbelövs mosse 2023

Blåvingad årta / Blue-winged Teal, Lunds reningsverksdammar 2023

Rödhalsad gås / Red-breasted Goose, Ribersborg Malmnö 2023

Pungmes / Eurasian Penduline Tit, Protected location 2023

Svart rödstjärt / Black Redstart, Borgeby 2023

Snatterand / Gadwall, Lunds reningsverksdammar 2023

19 April 2023

March Pictures

Some of the rare birds have stayed in Skåne for quite some time and I visited them again to get better pictures of Baltimore Oriole, Blue-winged Teal and Rackelhahn. I was happy to get some nice photos of the Snow Bunting visiting the neighboring village of Vallkärra and some flight photos of Little Grebe in the pond at Lunds reningsverk.

Baltimoretrupial / Baltimore Oriole, Förslöv 2023

Rackelhane / Rackelhahn, Traneröds mosse 2023

Smådopping / Little Grebe, Lunds reningsverksdammar 2023

Strömstare / White-throated Dipper, Jordbodalen 2023

Snösparv / Snow Bunting, Vallkärra 2023

Blåvingad årta / Blue-winged Teal, Lunds reningsverksdammar 2023

Amerikansk bläsand / American Wigeon, Helsingborg 2023

Kungsfiskare / Common Kingfisher, Jordbodalen 2023

Rackelhane / Rackelhahn, Traneröds mosse 2023

1 April 2023

New Web Page Layout

I have change host of my web page and started to use Adobe Portfolio which is included in my Adobe subscription photo pack. It seems to work very well even if there are some minor limitations compared to my my previous provider. The main reason to change is that my I think the Wix account is far to expensive and as the Portfolio fulfill the most of my needs. A big advantage with with Portfolio is the great integration with Adobe Lightroom that will make my work flow so much more better.

The main difference from my previous page is that the blog will be remove. I will replace that with a news page and start using social media like Facebook and Instagram instead.

New web page layout 2023

5 Mars 2023

February Pictures

A very rare hybrid of Western Capercaillie and Black Grouse, called Rackelhahn visited Traneröds mosse. Unfortunatley doesn't display very good compared to other photo I had seen on Artportalen. Better circumstances was it in Falsterbo when I photographed the Northern Hawk Owl. It was positioned very good with great possibilities to get a nice background.

Kattuggla / Tawny Owl, Botan Lund 2023

Vinterhämpling / Twite, Falsterbo 2023

Mindre sångsvan / Tundra Swan, Norra Håslöv 2023

Hökuggla / Northern Hawk Owl, Falsterbo 2023

Snatterand x Gräsand / Gadwall x Mallard, Lunds reningsverksdammar 2023

Rackelhane / Rackelhahn, Traneröds mosse 2023

18 February 2023

January Pictures

The new year started well with some very interesting species in Lund municipality. In forest of Vombs fure a Great Grey Owl made a visit but it was not so easy to find. Although, at my second attempt it showed very niced on a low branch. Around the same time a Short-toed Treecreeper was in Lundagård in the city centre of Lund. This one was also a little bit tricky to find, but after a few attempts I got really nice observations of it.

Trädgårdsträdkrypare / Short-toed Treecreeper, Lundagård 2023

Nötväcka / Eurasian Nuthatch, Lundagård 2023

Blåvingad årta / Blue-winged Teal, Lunds reningsverksdammar 2023

Lappuggla / Great Grey Owl, Vombs fure 2023

17 February 2023

My Birding Year 2022

Last year became really good with secen new species on my bird list for Sweden. It was certainly more than expected. The highlights were of course the two species that were found for the first time in Sweden, the Least Sandpiper and the Baltimore Oriole. Although, I think the moment that made me most happy was in October when I finally saw the Radde's Warbler. This species have been really ennoying for me as I have several of close misses on it.
The four species were maybe not as impressive but still a good collection of Western Cattle Egret, European Roller, Artic Warbler, and Blue-winged Teal. The only major dip was the Thick-billed Murre in Lerum that I missed with less than an hour.

Five new species were added to Skåne list and three of them were also new in Sweden. The other two were the nesting European Bee-eaters in Backåkra and the White-rumped Sandpiper in Åhus

Finally it was possible to go abroad and during the year I made a dedicated birdwatching trip to south of Spain which was very nice which several of new species for me. In the summer we made a road trip to Germany and the Netherlands were I made some minor sessions of birdwatching. The big happening of the year was the travel to Kenya with mainly focus on wildlife. What a fantastic experience and I was overwhelmed of the impressive bird life there.