So. Yesterday I escaped from revising (exams coming up, argh) and went down to the lovely place that is Uppsala Sewage Treatment. The "ponds" where they dump the sludge used to be a great spot for birds, except this year they dumped snow all over it... guess the ordinary snow dumping place got filled up. Anyway, end result is that there are huge mounds of gravel and slowly melting snow everywhere now. The poor pair of Lesser Ringed Plover that usually breeds there seem to have found a little corner though.
Anyway, walked around there, trying not to think about the smell, and was initially a bit disappointed. Only a few Goldfinches and Tree Sparrows were about, as well as a Thrush Nightingale. But then I saw what I was searching for, two Temminck's Stints flying up from one of the ponds. And Lesser Ringed Plover as well. Nice. They all gave me wonderful views in the beautiful evening light, one of the things I really like about this place is, while there might not be loads of birds, the ones that you find can usually be seen very close.
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii), same individual in both pics.
Went home happy. Had dinner. Then decided to escape some more, so went for a bike ride along the river, just in case some rarish warbler had turned up... I wouldn't say no to a River Warbler or something like that! Four Thrush Nightingales were singing their little hearts out, and drowned out everything else, but that was okay. They're pretty fun to listen to.
Haven't been out today. But tomorrow I'm going to the small island of Arholma (in the Uppland archipelago) for two days of birding, expect a report when I get back!
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