{"id":40181,"date":"2016-05-16T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T14:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/?page_id=40181"},"modified":"2016-05-16T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T15:42:13","slug":"june-to-august","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/birding\/the-rarities\/june-to-august\/","title":{"rendered":"June to August"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Sun lounger scouting and wader hikes<\/h2>\n

Not so long ago it was common to put the binoculars on the shelf when the spring migration was over. One took a break until the returning waders began to appear again in late July.<\/p>\n

This has changed, and not even Midsummer Eve and day is birding free now, even though Midsummer Eve is kind of sacred here in Sweden. For example, \u00d6land’s only second Little Bittern was found in G\u00e5rdby harbour on Midsummer Day in 2007.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Sometimes June can be seen as an extension of the spring and some spring rarities stays occasionally well into the early summer. Other summer findings can be about rarities that have arrived earlier but escaped detection.<\/p>\n

Sometimes laziness can be the best strategy to find rarities. A moment, or a day, in a sun lounger at the beach, with plenty of sunscreen, and eyes directed towards the sky, can lead to the discovery of rare birds of prey like Short-toed Snake Eagle and Lesser Spotted Eagle.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"Dv\u00e4rgr\u00f6rdrom,<\/a>Little Bittern,\u00a0\u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At late afternoon, when the worst heat is over, is a walk along the beach recommended. More than other birds, it is the waders that stand for the surprises on the island in the summer, mainly after midsummer and onwards.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"Tuvsn\u00e4ppa,<\/a>Pectoral Sandpiper,\u00a0\u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]On their way between nesting grounds along the coast of the Siberian tundra and the wintering areas in the southeast, from France to South Africa, lies the island of \u00d6land with its shallow, nutrient-rich beaches right along the migration route.<\/p>\n

Probably have the birds arrived after a non-stop flight of over 1000 kilometers and it is time to stock up some new energy now.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]No less than 35 wader species have been recorded on \u00d6land that can be considered as rarities. Among the more regular rarities are Pectoral Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, species that can also be seen in the late spring, the Pacific Golden Plover seems however to be a regular summer visitor on \u00d6land.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]\"SibiriskPacific Golden Plover,\u00a0\u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For other fairly regular rare summer visitors on \u00d6land can the following be included: Ruddy Shelduck, Lesser Grey Shrike and southern European heron species, like Black-crowned Night Heron, Great Egret and Little Egret.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Some rarities that have only been seen in the summer on \u00d6land.<\/h3>\n

Little Bittern, Egyptian Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Eleonora’s Falcon, Baillon’s Crake, Lesser Sand Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper, Red-necked Stint, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Stilt Sandpiper, Hudsonian Godwit, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Grey-tailed Tattler, White-throated Robin, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Sykes’s Warbler, Southern Grey Shrike and Trumpeter Finch.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"Eleonorafalk,<\/a>Eleonora’s Falcon,\u00a0\u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"Natth\u00e4ger,Black-crowned Night Heron,\u00a0\u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"\u00d6kenvarf\u00e5gel,<\/a>Southern Grey Shrike,\u00a0\u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\"G\u00e5sgam,<\/a>Griffon Vulture,\u00a0\u00a9 Lars Lundmark[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_column_text]\"\u00d6lands-f\u00e5glar-\u00d6OF[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″][vc_column_text]Source<\/strong>: \u00d6lands F\u00e5glar \u00a9 \u00d6lands Ornitologiska F\u00f6rening \u00d6OF<\/a> \u00a0(authors this chapter: Anders Waldenstr\u00f6m)<\/p>\n

Translation<\/strong>: Visitoland.com<\/p>\n

Pictures<\/strong>: see each picture<\/p>\n

The book<\/strong>: \u00d6lands F\u00e5glar, 496 pages (only in Swedish), can be ordered at Naturbokhandeln<\/a>
\nISBN<\/strong>: 9789188124555[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sun lounger scouting and wader hikes Not so long ago it was common to put the binoculars on the shelf when the spring migration was over. One took a break until the returning waders began to appear again in late July. This has changed, and not even Midsummer Eve and day is birding free   …Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39793,"parent":39772,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40181","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40181\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitoland.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}