Jimmy Utterström

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Nuthatch positioned at the entrance of their nest: a hole in the trunk of a larger tree. It's holding a number of freshly caught insects.

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Nuthatch returning to nest with a beakful of insects

Blyth's reed warbler perched on a branch with bright green leaves against a clear blue sky backdrop

Blyth's reed warbler 🙂 Not the most common sight here. I heard and then saw one today at the same spot I observed one last year on June 12. They're great at mimicking other birds, super fun to listen to! This little guy pulled off a buzzard imitation that was good enough to convince Merlin 😄 #birds

Such a great capture! 🙌

Thank you! 😊🙏

Thanks a lot! 🙌

Thanks a lot! 🎉 I think we're usually photographers & birders looking at each other's photos 😉 but it's nice to hear that it sometimes brings joy to others too 😄🙏

Closeup of male Citrine wagtail in profile, perched on a branch.

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This is not the common yellow wagtail, this is the Citrine wagtail, an Asian species that seems to be spreading west. And I was lucky enough to get the second reported observation ever of it in my municipality 🤩

Beautiful capture!

Short-eared owl in flight. Lit by the evening sun. Determined gaze.

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Yesterday evening gave me my best short-eared owl captures so far. Two of them were hunting in the area and did a couple of close fly bys. 🤩 In addition to that I was also lucky enough to score a very rare observation, will share that one later!

Common ringed plover standing in shallow water with full body reflection

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Ringed plovers are amongst my top species to observe and photograph, here's a capture from today 😊

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The Temminck's stint is a very small wader, I saw some together with common ringed plovers today and the plovers looked tall in comparison 😊 Photo from today.

Closeup of a yellow wagtail perched on a thin weed/branch

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The yellow wagtails have been back for about two weeks now 😊

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Some moose action from this evening, they really love the buds & the first spring leaves that are starting to form 😊

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Wood sandpiper, and a behind the scenes shot. We've had quite a long period of colder weather, but now it's not long until spring leaf burst!

And I managed to misspell grebe.. edit button please @bsky.app 😅

Thank you! 😊

Horned greb in profile with water droplets on its back. Dark lake background.

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Horned greb, one of our less common waterbirds, a peculiar looking bird!

Thank you! 🙌

Thanks a lot Rob! 🙌

Closeup of red fox cub, eyes focused on the camera / photographer

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From the archives: last year I had a lovely encounter with two curious fox cubs a morning when I was going out to photograph some birds. 🦊 One of them was curious enough to give me this shot 😊

Silhouette of common kestrel with a pretty decent evening snack 😄 Northern Sweden this spring. 🪶

Closeup of two common mergansers on lake, male to the right and female to the left.

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Common merganser couple, the
female is definitely into punk with that haircut 😄

Wide shot of the same common merganser scene as described in the original post.

Common merganser couple, male to the left, standing on a patch of vegetation in a forest lake.

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Common merganser couple photographed this morning. 🪶 After the heatwave that brought a large group of new migratory birds it has been a bit colder for a while, but spring is still progressing, only at a more modest pace 🌱

Wide shot in comments

Beautiful scene! 😍

Common chiffchaff perched on a vertical goat willow branch with buds

Met this stylish common chiffchaff today 🙂 Also saw my first osprey and rough-legged buzzard of the season. A good day!

Haha, lovely shot 😄

Swimming male and female Eurasian teal in profile. The female is closer to the camera than the male.

Lake in northern Sweden, muted spring vegetation, partly cloudy sky.

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Mrs and Mr Teal. We've had mostly goldeneye's and mallard's, but now the Eurasian teal and tufted ducks are back. I've also seen a few northern pintails.

Also including an environment shot, since I've had intentions to show more than what can be seen in the standard closeups 🙂