The summer month of July can mean more than just swimming and sunbathing. It is also a surprisingly good bird month on Öland. The warm shallow sandy beaches attract many species of waders, sometimes even really rare species, and a whole day at the beach may result in about ten wader species that are resting or flying by.
Curlew Sandpiper, © Lars Lundmark
Short-toed Snake Eagle, © Lars Lundmark
The birds of prey that have left or completed their breeding now start to appear on the island. “Stora Alvarets” sun-baked limestone flat rocks attract some year’s rare eagles and other guests from southern and eastern Europe.
Corncrake, Black Stork, White Stork, Red-footed Falcon, European Nightjar, European Bee-eater and Lesser Grey Shrike.
Cattle Egret, © Lars Lundmark
Red Kite, © Lars Lundmark
Dunlin, © Lars Lundberg
White Stork, © Lars Lundmark
Source: Ölands Fåglar © Ölands Ornitologiska Förening ÖOF ÖOF (authors this chapter: Pav Johnsson, Anders Waldenström)
Translation: Visitoland.com
Pictures: see each picture
The book: Ölands Fåglar, 496 pages (only in Swedish), can be ordered at Naturbokhandeln
ISBN: 9789188124555
