Gotska Sandön 21 to 24 May 1999.
Participants
- Bertil Johansson
- Fredrik Viklund
- Johan Håkans
- Peter Sjödin
The spring 1999
Mild winds had made most birches fully leaf-covered. Aspen trees burst into leaf during our stay and also a few oak trees. Bird's Eye Primroses were in full bloom at Bredsandsudde, and at Hamnudden Meadow Saxifrage and Silver Cinquefoil were blooming on the meadow remnants near the ruins of the old lighthouse.
Noticeable observations
- Yellow-billed Loon
- 1 adult in summer plumage migr NE Bredsandsudde 22 May at 4:55. (BJ)
- Lesser White-fronted Goose
- 1 migr NE in a flock of 80 Brent Geese Bredsandsudde 22 May at 6:45. (BJ)
- Brent Goose
- 7570 migr NE Bredsandsudde 22 May (BJ)
- Common Crane
- 1 ind Höga land 23 May
- European Turtle Dove
- 1 ind Bredsand 23 May (BJ)
- Bohemian Waxwing
- 1 ind The Chapel Meadow 24 May
- Black Redstart
- 1 female The Lighthouse Village 22 May
- Common Stonechat
- 1 ad male 300 m south of Vassesten 23-24 May
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- 2 ind Bredsandsudde, 1 ind The Northern Lighthouse 22 May (BJ), 1 female-coloured Hamnudden 24 May (BJ)
- Ortolan Bunting
- 1 singing Västra sidan 23 May
- Rustic Bunting
- 1 The Chapel Meadow 21 May (PS)