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Fox near the cottage

Freitag 9 Januar 2026

The fox visited the bird feeder near the cottage.

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Deer food fight

Dienstag 6 Januar 2026

The old one eyed buck is clearly the boss, but everyone is fighting for their food.

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Roe deer in the snow

Montag 5 Januar 2026

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Squirrel paw print

Sonntag 4 Januar 2026

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Old one eyed roe deer

Samstag 3 Januar 2026

The old one eyed roe deer and a female deer still visit the deerfeeder often.

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Fox at feeding table

Donnerstag 27 November 2025

The fox was enjoying some foodscraps.

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Water sniffing deer

Montag 27 Oktober 2025

The deer is beginning to grow some antlers now.

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European goldfinch

Freitag 18 April 2025

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European greenfinch

Samstag 12 April 2025

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Eating roe deer

Samstag 12 April 2025

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Vole

Samstag 12 April 2025

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Squirrel

Sonntag 30 März 2025

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Northen lights

Freitag 11 Oktober 2024

With the clouds here in Sweden I feared there would be no northern lights visible last night, but ...

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Northen lights video

Freitag 11 Oktober 2024

Here is a movie of the northern lights from last night.

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Northern lights

Samstag 24 August 2024

A few photos of the northern lights this evening. I missed the really nice event a few days back, ...

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Nuthatch

Samstag 1 Juni 2024

Nuthatches (boomklevers) are usually not very shy.

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Squirrel

Freitag 31 Mai 2024

We have plenty of squirrels visiting our house.

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Four-spotted chaser

Donnerstag 30 Mai 2024

The four-spotted chaser (viervlek) is visiting our garden pond often, just like the broad bodied c...

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Pine marten

Donnerstag 21 März 2024

It is always nice to see the pine marten (boommarter) visit one of our feeding spots. It likes t...

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Squirrel

Sonntag 4 Februar 2024

The squirrels trust me reasonably nowadays.

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Red deer

Donnerstag 18 Januar 2024

It looks like the Red Deer really discovered the feeder. He visited the larger feeder now. Still...

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Tawry owl

Dienstag 12 Dezember 2023

The Tawny owl (Bosuil) decided that it was time for a selfie.

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Light pillar

Dienstag 5 Dezember 2023

Early in the morning a nice light pillar (zonnezuil) was visible. It sometimes is visible when the...

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Waxwings

Samstag 4 November 2023

A few more photo's of the waxwing (pestvogel) group.

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Waxwing

Donnerstag 2 November 2023

As usual there are many waxwings (pestvogel) near my work at the beginning of winter. They remain ...

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Young squirrels

Donnerstag 17 August 2023

This year we have plenty of young squirrels. So cute to see. 🙂

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Common redstart

Sonntag 11 Juni 2023

The Common Redstart (gekraagde roodstaart) also has a nest at work.

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Demoiseles

Sonntag 11 Juni 2023

At the rivers here in the forest there are great opportunies to photograph water insects, like the...

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Black headed gull

Freitag 9 Juni 2023

There is a large colony of Black-Headed Gulls (kokmeeuwen) at Tåkern. They might not be rare, but ...

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Squirrel

Donnerstag 8 Juni 2023

There are plenty of nice animals to photograph in our own garden as well!

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Oystercatcher

Mittwoch 7 Juni 2023

At work it is time for young birds. This Oystercatcher (scholekster) left its nest on the roof jus...

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Great tit

Samstag 3 Juni 2023

Today I explored a few of the local smaller nature reserves. This was the first fledgling of the y...

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Halo

Montag 29 Mai 2023

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Rabbit

Freitag 26 Mai 2023

A young rabbit was being hyperactive is the grassfield near the holiday home

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Moose

Dienstag 23 Mai 2023

Here is a photo of the moose we saw from our kitchen window. 🙂

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Squirrel

Donnerstag 20 April 2023

  A very special encounter of a mother with a baby squirrel! Normally I am not a big fan of nest p...

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Hare

Mittwoch 19 April 2023

A hare enjoying the spring sun.

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'Spring'

Mittwoch 29 März 2023

'Spring' in Sweden today.

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Aurora

Montag 27 Februar 2023

Last night the aurora was really active (even visible in the Netherlands). Here is one photo I sho...

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Nuthatch

Samstag 3 Dezember 2022

The Nuthatch (boomklever) is always photogenic!

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Fallow deer

Samstag 29 Oktober 2022

There is a group of fallow deer living not too far from our house. Hopefully I will soon have some...

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Roe deer

Freitag 28 Oktober 2022

During the lunch break I met this little group of roe deer (ree). A great time of year to easily se...

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Pond and feeder

Freitag 22 Juli 2022

The first step of our new bird, squirrel, badger, fox, deer etc. feeder and pond is finished! Earl...

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Little lizard

Donnerstag 14 Juli 2022

  And a close-up of the little lizard (hagedis). Most insects will probably not find him so little....

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Flycatcher

Donnerstag 14 Juli 2022

What a luck! I just went outside my office to take a break when this young pied flycatcher (bonte ...

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Flycatchers

Mittwoch 13 Juli 2022

The pied flycatchers (bonte vliegenvanger) seem to be quite succesful with their young!

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Scratching hawfinch

Mittwoch 29 Juni 2022

Something itches!

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Rapeseed

Dienstag 28 Juni 2022

A bit late in the season to photograph the rapeseed (koolzaad) fields, but the plan is to be there...

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Blackbird

Montag 27 Juni 2022

The blackbirds (merel) are much more shy than they are in the Netherlands, but luckily they still ...

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Hawfinch

Sonntag 26 Juni 2022

The pair of hawfinches (appelvink) are here now every day to eat the sunflower seeds.

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Bulfinch

Sonntag 26 Juni 2022

The bullfinches (goudvink) also love these sunflower seeds!

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Moose

Montag 16 Mai 2022

This morning on the way to work I had a brief encounter with a moose (eland). It was enjoying the ...

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Whooper svan

Dienstag 10 Mai 2022

During lunch I went to to local wetlands again and saw that the whooper swans (wilde zwaan) are ne...

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Young deer

Montag 9 Mai 2022

Early this morning I spotted the first young deer of the year!

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Wood anemones

Samstag 7 Mai 2022

There are so many Wood Anemones (bosanemoon) in the fields and forest now!This time a photo simply...

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Western capercaillie

Freitag 6 Mai 2022

A few hundred meters after I saw the grouse I also met this Western Capercaillie (Auerhoen). A rea...

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Black grouse

Freitag 6 Mai 2022

This female black grouse (korhoen) walked right next to the road. Unfortunately I was to late to s...

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Common Brimstone

Donnerstag 5 Mai 2022

There are many Common Brimstone (citroenvlinder) in our garden at this time. Great to see more and...

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Deer

Samstag 23 April 2022

This morning I tried the new hide at our deer feeder. It worked really nicely and I got some nice ...

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Wetlands

Freitag 22 April 2022

Today I visited the local wetlands near my work during the lunch break. After the long winter ther...

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Partridge

Sonntag 10 April 2022

Here another photo of the partridges from last evening.

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Partridge

Samstag 9 April 2022

This evening I saw two nice partridges sleeping right next to the road just before sunset. Rare to...

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Blåsippa

Samstag 19 März 2022

More signs of spring!

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Black adder

Freitag 18 März 2022

It is clearly spring. Finally temperatures above 10 degrees!This black adder was also clearly enjoy...

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Vole

Mittwoch 29 Dezember 2021

Summer seems to be a long time ago!

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Fox

Dienstag 7 Dezember 2021

This morning there was a brief visit of our local fox at the home office.

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Sundogs

Freitag 3 Dezember 2021

Today there were really clear sundogs (bijzonnen) and halo visible in the icy clouds around the su...

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Great Grey Shrike

Donnerstag 25 November 2021

While working from my office I heard a lot of scared birds at the feeding place, so I immediately ...

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Woodpecker

Montag 8 November 2021

This black woodpecker is a regular visitor, but always seems to find a spot to hide behind some br...

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Squirrel building nest

Donnerstag 4 November 2021

It is the time of the year for the squirrels to seek additional insulation for their nests.

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Cranes

Sonntag 26 September 2021

It is end of the breeding season, so the cranes are forming large groups again for their travel so...

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Black adder

Mittwoch 22 September 2021

This black adder visited our drive way in search of a good spot for the winter.

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Male red deer

Dienstag 21 September 2021

It is time for the rutseason (bronsttijd). This male Red Deer (edelhert) was bravely defending his...

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Relaxing roe deer

Samstag 26 Juni 2021

Last evening a roe deer (ree) was relaxing in the sun. There has been a lot of rain, but it makes ...

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Tiny grass snake

Freitag 11 Juni 2021

This tiny grass snake (ringslang) was on the road near our house. After the recent flooding a lot ...

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Young fox

Montag 7 Juni 2021

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Bouncing fallow deer

Donnerstag 13 Mai 2021

During an evening drive we saw a group of fallow deer (damhert) that were grazing in a pasture. Th...

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Moose

Sonntag 2 Mai 2021

It has been a while, but yesterday we finally saw 2 moose (eland) clearly. This is really the perf...

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Slow worm

Sonntag 2 Mai 2021

This afternoon we discovered that we had a visitor in our greenhouse. This slow worm (hazelworm) o...

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Mink

Dienstag 20 April 2021

Last week I went for a walk to our favorite bird watch tower, where sea eagles live. Unfortunately...

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Bird art

Montag 8 Februar 2021

Bird art in the snow! Apparently two birds flew from the feeding spot fighting a little and creat...

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Moose

Montag 17 August 2020

A while back we saw a moose (eland, älg) from our house. Now to get lucky and spot one (hopefully ...

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Waxwing

Donnerstag 30 Januar 2020

The Waxwings (nl: pestvogel / sv: sidensvans) can be found in large groups this year. They are ver...

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Roe deer with fawn

Dienstag 9 Juli 2019

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Common svan

Sonntag 19 Mai 2019

The common swan (knobbelzwaan) is the 'national' bird of the Östergötland region, where we live. I...

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Red deer

Dienstag 14 Mai 2019

We discovered a new area where there are many red deer (edelherten). This red deer was quite willi...

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Common crane

Montag 22 April 2019

The common cranes (kraanvogel) are back in large numbers. A few hours drive away there is a famous...

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Whooper svans

Freitag 19 April 2019

Spring has finally begun! Birds are returning from the south and a lot of them are nesting now. Th...

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White-throated dipper

Sonntag 10 Februar 2019

With the snow and ice the white-throated dippers (waterspreeuw) have fewer choices for fishing. It...

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Forest

Mittwoch 30 Januar 2019

Today it was a nice sunny day. Ideal to take a day off from work and walk through an empty forest....

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Island

Samstag 26 Januar 2019

This winter is colder than the average winter here. This resulted in the Bråviken bay completely f...

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Hare tracks

Montag 14 Januar 2019

Our friendly neighbourhood hare (haas) made a visit in our garden again. 🙂

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Fallow deer

Samstag 12 Januar 2019

Today we drove through one of our favorite forests. We still have not been able to get a nice phot...

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Squirrel

Montag 24 Dezember 2018

Just a picture of a squirrel from last summer. They are always fun to photograph!

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Ågelsjön

Sonntag 16 Dezember 2018

Today I went for a nice walk along Ågelsjön. It was rather cloudy with light snow at times, but th...

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Wren

Montag 26 November 2018

This weekend I saw a small Wren (winterkoning) near our front door. I wonder if it is the same Wre...

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Willow tit

Dienstag 13 November 2018

The Willow tit (matkop) is another bird you can often see in small groups with other tit species i...

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Mushrooms

Sonntag 11 November 2018

The mushroom season is pretty much over. Only rarely you can now find undamaged mushrooms in the f...

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Frog

Freitag 2 November 2018

Now winter is getting near, cold-blooded animals are rarely seen.

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Crested tit

Samstag 27 Oktober 2018

In this time of year you can see small groups with different kind of tits, like this Crested Tit, ...

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