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24/08/2026

Shorebirds! Always a fun time of the year when in late summer these arctic breeding birds start their journeys south, some as far as Africa. This year we had conditions that weren't exactly favourable so many of the more vibrant adult birds never stopped on their usual spots. But now a bunch of juvenile and birds molting into their winter plumages are resting and eating. I have been going on a few occasions, trying to time calm wind and overcast to get a chance at high key images, which is what I prefer on this limestone beach

13/08/2026

Hopping on this eclipse train while it's trending...

I had a few ideas scouted, of which none really worked out. I ended up on the southern tip of Öland and decided to aim for some bird in flight with the eclipse arc. During "peak" eclipse it was covered by the clouds that grew thicker by the minute. I still got some shots I'm happy with. All and all, a challenging but very fun shoot.

Now I have a itch for malaga next year...

05/08/2026

Grumpy? Tired? Not sure, but very cooperative at least. Many people have driven far to see this very friendly and unbothered GGO in south east Sweden and I continue to come back to it, it helps that I live only 25 minutes away. The shorebirds STILL haven't arrived in their usual spots for resting, maybe this entire season will pass without any opportunities.

I'm starting to plan what to do on the 12th when there's a 80% something eclipse. Do you have any plans?

24/07/2026

Great grey owl from last evening, I was standing on the path when it came out from it's hiding spot, mobbed by European Robins and other woodland songbirds, I could not fit the bird into the frame of my 400mm prime even when I tried to back up the slope.

So this is a three image composite/panorama to fit it all in the frame, and even then I feel that I should've taken slightly more of the frame....and probably stopped down to get it all in focus. Live and learn. One day the adrenaline won't make me give up all I've learned about composition.

No AI or generative fill was used, just a handheld panorama blended in Photoshop with a brush.

21/07/2026

At this time of the year it's time to look for shorebirds who stop by to feed on their way south. Yesterday we had a forecast of 30mm+ rain and strong winds which I had hoped would push some birds into my preferred area to photograph. No luck as the waterline was too high, but a lot of swallows foraged in the wind, picking insects of who had taken shelter from the strong winds.

This is a sand martin and a first for me at this location. Now I've seen all three swallow species in Sweden at this location and also our only swift.

Hopefully the water level goes down a bit soon so the dunlins and others come in to feed.

16/07/2026

As I shared on my Instagram story, this was a very surreal experience. I was actually going to hold onto this image for a while and post it later so there wouldn’t be a huge commotion in the forest, but that seems to be inevitable. Even the radio asked if I had an image to use for the accompanying web-article.

There has been a lot of birdwatchers there today trying to find it and a lot of them have been successful this morning, and of course last evening. Watching such a large bird move silently through the forest is a surreal experience. I hope that the owl finds enough peace and calm to allow it to hunt at night and that we as observers give it the respect needed. When I was walking in the woods I heard a lot of voles and mice so there is plenty of food to go around and it can stay for a long time unless it feels too disturbed.

12/07/2026

I've been doing a few failed scouting attempts at my usual shorebird-spot the past days. Probably still a little early and the water level has been a bit too high. But I hope to soon get out there and find hundreds of dunlins feeding along the shore on the exposed limestone slabs.

Image from 3rd of August last year.

07/07/2026

On Saturday I heard a juvenile greater spotted woodpecker call out from a small woodland, pretty central and not too far from where I live. Investigating it showed that there was a nest with two juveniles ready to fledge only three meters above the ground.

I spent most of Sunday and also Monday evening watching the nest and the constant food deliveries. I found this angle that I really really liked, but the light only stuck around here for maybe 10-15 minutes and no parent came with food during the window during the two outings. I heard from another photographer who I shared the spot to that one juvenile fledged early Monday morning and I assume this one will also be on its way soon.

I'm happy that I found the nest, but a little annoyed that I didn't find it earlier so I could get more opportunities at this angle, hoping for a food delivery at the final light of the day.

Now it's time to shift focus towards shorebirds swifts and swallows

26/06/2026

I was surprised to say the least when I heard the branches above me rustle as one of three owlets descended and landed on a fallen log, just a few meters from me.

I VERY slowly moved in a circle around it so I could get some distance to the background and also be able to focus my lens. No tripod, of course... But I thought that maybe the backpack could work in a pinch.

At 1/10th of a second with ISO at 7200 at f/2.8 you can safely say the gear was pushed to the limits 😅 but that's when the cool stuff happens

24/06/2026

It feels really nice in hindsight when persistence finally pays off. After a day one success with the long eared owls, day 3-7 proved nothing but a constant wait with no real payoff. Well, not exactly as I saw the parents on and off but photographic opportunities for the chicks were scarce. Yesterday I felt it would be another of those evenings, but as I had found them sort of exposed on their day perch of choice I gave it a go.

Eventually as the sun set and the last good light left they started to move around ever so slowly for the fist time in a week. Soon it was full activity and hard to keep up with them as they jumped from tree to tree, on the grass and back into the canopies. I managed some images, with the camera pushed to the max since I was handholding and the owls never stay still for long once they start moving. Maybe I should get a monopod...

Hopefully there's at least a couple of weeks more in this photographic project even if the grebes might finally succeed in nesting which will compete for my limited time.

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