Finally Spring

It was a long winter and I’ve been looking forward to spring coming for a long time now, for the better weather and more interesting things to take photos of. Today and yesterday the weather was great (particularly today), so I went to Trädgårdsföreningen once again to find some birds. At some point, surely, I will have to find a new place, but there always seems to be interesting stuff happening here.

First, here’s a goldeneye I saw yesterday. I went out with a tripod this time, and it was amazing the difference it makes when using my super long lens. It’s so much easier to keep it still.

These next three are from today. I came across three different birds: a fieldfare, a goose, and a great tit. Actually, I hadn’t heard of a fieldfare before, so I had to ask a friend to ID it for me. It’s a type of thrush, and in Swedish is called a björktrast (birch thrush), which is fitting.

Usually geese look pretty mean, or at least fed up, but this one looked a bit kinder. Maybe cause of the crocuses in the foreground. I’m sure it would still hiss at me if I got closer.

Got a bit lucky with the focus in this shot – it was a bit tricky with all the tiny branches in the way, and he really didn’t sit there for long. This was next to a bird feeder, so there were several tits congregating.

Written 09 Mar 2025 by Jacob Garby