Summary of 2023
Statistics
2023 gave me 26 new photo listings, giving me a total 229.
And here’s a graph showing the number of new listing by week number.
To summarize, the complete graph since I started in 2021 looks like this:
Experiences
The experiences of new listings this year can be split into three main categories:
- Random new birds, that other people have found: Pacific loon, Black-throated thrush, Blyth’s reed warbler etc.
- “Shame birds” - birds you would expect a birder in Sweden to have seen. Gladly I’ve found most of these myself, or found a new one by myself. Great grey shrike, Common scoter, Red-throated loon, Collared flycatcher etc. Before I started keeping a list, I’ve found my own Golden eagle, but now I could add it to my listings as well.
- Birds I’ve seen when travelling abroad, but now seen in Sweden as well. Little egret, Corn bunting and Cattle egret (full list).
I have one listing that I’m a bit sad/ashamed of, and that’s the Northern gannet. This bird was in the completely wrong place, and probably not all to well. I hope to soon see one soaring over the ocean in strong winds, as it’s meant to be.
The bird experiences I hold most dear from this year was when Carl and I saw a Northern hawk-owl on Öland.
420mm, 1/1250s, ƒ/5.6, ISO 280
Thanks
As always, birding with friends makes the experience greater. I want to thank you Hanna, Carl, Magnus, Marc, Henrik, Martin and Staffan for sharing these experiences with you.