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  1. lazza

    Birding sites near to Arlanda!

    It's been a while since i was last in Sweden,but a trip just before Christmas allowed me a little time after a meeting in Uppsala to head to the small feeding station at Årike Fyris, and I finally came up trumps. In just over an hour, I had the pleasure of very close encounters with treecreeper...
  2. lazza

    Birding sites near to Arlanda!

    My trips to Sweden have become rather less frequent, but a visit last week allowed me an hour at the feeding station in Årika Fyris in very warm conditions. The river banks and feeding station were buzzing with birds, including singing yellowhammer, dozens of greenfinch, 4 great spotted...
  3. lazza

    Birding sites near to Arlanda!

    Managed some brief birding on another business trip to Sweden this week. Highlights were: - a small flock of barnacle geese in a field by the motorway near Salem - a noisy and unconcerned flock of tree sparrow at Ostertäalje station - watching several goldcrest in a wood next to Arlanda...
  4. lazza

    Birding sites near to Arlanda!

    Well, I'm back from my trip.... 2 days, 4 client meetings, 13 species! Nothing too unusual, I guess, although several unidentified calling birds which - to me - were not birds I was familiar with here. Aside from the woodland birds above, a few species on the water at Södertälje, including...
  5. lazza

    Birding sites near to Arlanda!

    Well, had a quick look at the Årika Fyris site you mentioned after a meeting in Uppsala this afternoon and see that it could be very good at the right time - it was probably a bit late in the day when I was there. But still, an impressive number of great tits, and also several blue tits...
  6. lazza

    Birding sites near to Arlanda!

    Fantastic! Thanks Enji... I'll be sure to take my binoculars with me next trip! Crested tits would be a good reason to make a diversion!
  7. lazza

    Birding sites near to Arlanda!

    Hi all... I fairly frequently travel to Sweden on business, ususally with meetings in and around Stockholm, Uppsala and Södertälje. I almost always fly into and out of Arlanda airport, and a few times I have had quite a long wait for a flight home. So I am wondering if anyone can recommend any...
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