Late spring/summer news from Sweden

We thought one of our females (39)was on a nest and looked like breeding this year. Sadly after some time in one locality, the weather turned distinctly wintry with fresh snow in the breeding area which probably put an end to that.

In recent weeks 39 and 20 have been in close company throughout their travels just to the north of where the other birds are so they seem to be well bonded.

We have had five collared birds still giving us information on their locations but today three of them have disappeared off the radar. Hopefully, they are well and just lost transmission ability temporarily.