Blog Naturion

The badgers are fully back after winter

Samstag 18 April 2026

Every day we now have one or two badgers visit one of our feeding tables. We hope to see badger c...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel eating on the cottage decking

Freitag 17 April 2026

The squirrels living around the cottage are very tame. Eating at your feet on the cottage deckin...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Liverworts mean spring!

Mittwoch 15 April 2026

When the liverworts (Blåsippa) are flowering we know spring has really come.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Grass snakes at the pond

Samstag 11 April 2026

Currently we have four grass snakes (ringslang) visiting our pond. They are completely harmless sn...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Mother squirrel moving her kittens

Freitag 10 April 2026

Today the mother squirrel decided to move her kittens to the new nest. We saw her moving four of t...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

1 0 0 0 0

Squirrel gathering Christmas lights for her nest

Mittwoch 8 April 2026

The mother squirrel has decided to start building a new backup nest for her and her young kitten...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Aurora

Montag 23 März 2026

Last night, the northern lights were very strong and beautiful!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

The badger has noticed spring has started

Sonntag 15 März 2026

Spring is in the air! There cranes are back in the country and can be seen and heard everywhere....

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Fullgrown antlers

Donnerstag 12 März 2026

The antlers of the roe deer are looking really nice and are pretty much fullgrown.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

The snow has melted!

Sonntag 8 März 2026

The deer really enjoy the smelted snow.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Badger back for a winter snack

Freitag 20 Februar 2026

A little warmer outside and the badger come by for a little food.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Northern star (Polaris)

Montag 9 Februar 2026

Yesterday I tried to do some simple unguided astrophotography and photographed the northern star (...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Roe deer still in the snow

Montag 12 Januar 2026

I'm sticking out my tongue to all the snow!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Fox near the cottage

Freitag 9 Januar 2026

The fox visited the bird feeder near the cottage.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Deer food fight

Dienstag 6 Januar 2026

The old one eyed buck is clearly the boss, but everyone is fighting for their food.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Roe deer in the snow

Montag 5 Januar 2026

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Hare in the snow

Montag 5 Januar 2026

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel paw print

Sonntag 4 Januar 2026

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Old one eyed roe deer

Samstag 3 Januar 2026

The old one eyed roe deer and a female deer still visit the deerfeeder often.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Fox at feeding table

Donnerstag 27 November 2025

The fox was enjoying some foodscraps.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Water sniffing deer

Montag 27 Oktober 2025

The deer is beginning to grow some antlers now.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

European goldfinch

Freitag 18 April 2025

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

1 0 0 0 0

European greenfinch

Samstag 12 April 2025

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Eating roe deer

Samstag 12 April 2025

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 1 0 0

Vole

Samstag 12 April 2025

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel

Sonntag 30 März 2025

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Northen lights

Freitag 11 Oktober 2024

With the clouds here in Sweden I feared there would be no northern lights visible last night, but ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Northen lights video

Freitag 11 Oktober 2024

Here is a movie of the northern lights from last night.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Northern lights

Samstag 24 August 2024

A few photos of the northern lights this evening. I missed the really nice event a few days back, ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Nuthatch

Samstag 1 Juni 2024

Nuthatches (boomklevers) are usually not very shy.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel

Freitag 31 Mai 2024

We have plenty of squirrels visiting our house.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Four-spotted chaser

Donnerstag 30 Mai 2024

The four-spotted chaser (viervlek) is visiting our garden pond often, just like the broad bodied c...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Pine marten

Donnerstag 21 März 2024

It is always nice to see the pine marten (boommarter) visit one of our feeding spots. It likes t...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel

Sonntag 4 Februar 2024

The squirrels trust me reasonably nowadays.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Red deer

Donnerstag 18 Januar 2024

It looks like the Red Deer really discovered the feeder. He visited the larger feeder now. Still...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Tawry owl

Dienstag 12 Dezember 2023

The Tawny owl (Bosuil) decided that it was time for a selfie.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Light pillar

Dienstag 5 Dezember 2023

Early in the morning a nice light pillar (zonnezuil) was visible. It sometimes is visible when the...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Waxwings

Samstag 4 November 2023

A few more photo's of the waxwing (pestvogel) group.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Waxwing

Donnerstag 2 November 2023

As usual there are many waxwings (pestvogel) near my work at the beginning of winter. They remain ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Young squirrels

Donnerstag 17 August 2023

This year we have plenty of young squirrels. So cute to see. 🙂

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Common redstart

Sonntag 11 Juni 2023

The Common Redstart (gekraagde roodstaart) also has a nest at work.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Demoiseles

Sonntag 11 Juni 2023

At the rivers here in the forest there are great opportunies to photograph water insects, like the...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Black headed gull

Freitag 9 Juni 2023

There is a large colony of Black-Headed Gulls (kokmeeuwen) at Tåkern. They might not be rare, but ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel

Donnerstag 8 Juni 2023

There are plenty of nice animals to photograph in our own garden as well!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Oystercatcher

Mittwoch 7 Juni 2023

At work it is time for young birds. This Oystercatcher (scholekster) left its nest on the roof jus...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Great tit

Samstag 3 Juni 2023

Today I explored a few of the local smaller nature reserves. This was the first fledgling of the y...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Halo

Montag 29 Mai 2023

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Moose

Dienstag 23 Mai 2023

Here is a photo of the moose we saw from our kitchen window. 🙂

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel

Donnerstag 20 April 2023

  A very special encounter of a mother with a baby squirrel! Normally I am not a big fan of nest p...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Hare

Mittwoch 19 April 2023

A hare enjoying the spring sun.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

'Spring'

Mittwoch 29 März 2023

'Spring' in Sweden today.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Aurora

Montag 27 Februar 2023

Last night the aurora was really active (even visible in the Netherlands). Here is one photo I sho...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Nuthatch

Samstag 3 Dezember 2022

The Nuthatch (boomklever) is always photogenic!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Fallow deer

Samstag 29 Oktober 2022

There is a group of fallow deer living not too far from our house. Hopefully I will soon have some...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Roe deer

Freitag 28 Oktober 2022

During the lunch break I met this little group of roe deer (ree). A great time of year to easily se...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Pond and feeder

Freitag 22 Juli 2022

The first step of our new bird, squirrel, badger, fox, deer etc. feeder and pond is finished! Earl...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Little lizard

Donnerstag 14 Juli 2022

  And a close-up of the little lizard (hagedis). Most insects will probably not find him so little....

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Flycatcher

Donnerstag 14 Juli 2022

What a luck! I just went outside my office to take a break when this young pied flycatcher (bonte ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Flycatchers

Mittwoch 13 Juli 2022

The pied flycatchers (bonte vliegenvanger) seem to be quite succesful with their young!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Scratching hawfinch

Mittwoch 29 Juni 2022

Something itches!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Rapeseed

Dienstag 28 Juni 2022

A bit late in the season to photograph the rapeseed (koolzaad) fields, but the plan is to be there...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Blackbird

Montag 27 Juni 2022

The blackbirds (merel) are much more shy than they are in the Netherlands, but luckily they still ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Hawfinch

Sonntag 26 Juni 2022

The pair of hawfinches (appelvink) are here now every day to eat the sunflower seeds.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Bulfinch

Sonntag 26 Juni 2022

The bullfinches (goudvink) also love these sunflower seeds!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Moose

Montag 16 Mai 2022

This morning on the way to work I had a brief encounter with a moose (eland). It was enjoying the ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Whooper svan

Dienstag 10 Mai 2022

During lunch I went to to local wetlands again and saw that the whooper swans (wilde zwaan) are ne...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Young deer

Montag 9 Mai 2022

Early this morning I spotted the first young deer of the year!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Wood anemones

Samstag 7 Mai 2022

There are so many Wood Anemones (bosanemoon) in the fields and forest now!This time a photo simply...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Western capercaillie

Freitag 6 Mai 2022

A few hundred meters after I saw the grouse I also met this Western Capercaillie (Auerhoen). A rea...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Black grouse

Freitag 6 Mai 2022

This female black grouse (korhoen) walked right next to the road. Unfortunately I was to late to s...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Common Brimstone

Donnerstag 5 Mai 2022

There are many Common Brimstone (citroenvlinder) in our garden at this time. Great to see more and...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Deer

Samstag 23 April 2022

This morning I tried the new hide at our deer feeder. It worked really nicely and I got some nice ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Wetlands

Freitag 22 April 2022

Today I visited the local wetlands near my work during the lunch break. After the long winter ther...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Partridge

Sonntag 10 April 2022

Here another photo of the partridges from last evening.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Partridge

Samstag 9 April 2022

This evening I saw two nice partridges sleeping right next to the road just before sunset. Rare to...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Blåsippa

Samstag 19 März 2022

More signs of spring!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Black adder

Freitag 18 März 2022

It is clearly spring. Finally temperatures above 10 degrees!This black adder was also clearly enjoy...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Vole

Mittwoch 29 Dezember 2021

Summer seems to be a long time ago!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Fox

Dienstag 7 Dezember 2021

This morning there was a brief visit of our local fox at the home office.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Sundogs

Freitag 3 Dezember 2021

Today there were really clear sundogs (bijzonnen) and halo visible in the icy clouds around the su...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Great Grey Shrike

Donnerstag 25 November 2021

While working from my office I heard a lot of scared birds at the feeding place, so I immediately ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Woodpecker

Montag 8 November 2021

This black woodpecker is a regular visitor, but always seems to find a spot to hide behind some br...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel building nest

Donnerstag 4 November 2021

It is the time of the year for the squirrels to seek additional insulation for their nests.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Cranes

Sonntag 26 September 2021

It is end of the breeding season, so the cranes are forming large groups again for their travel so...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Black adder

Mittwoch 22 September 2021

This black adder visited our drive way in search of a good spot for the winter.

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Male red deer

Dienstag 21 September 2021

It is time for the rutseason (bronsttijd). This male Red Deer (edelhert) was bravely defending his...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Relaxing roe deer

Samstag 26 Juni 2021

Last evening a roe deer (ree) was relaxing in the sun. There has been a lot of rain, but it makes ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Tiny grass snake

Freitag 11 Juni 2021

This tiny grass snake (ringslang) was on the road near our house. After the recent flooding a lot ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Young fox

Montag 7 Juni 2021

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Bouncing fallow deer

Donnerstag 13 Mai 2021

During an evening drive we saw a group of fallow deer (damhert) that were grazing in a pasture. Th...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Moose

Sonntag 2 Mai 2021

It has been a while, but yesterday we finally saw 2 moose (eland) clearly. This is really the perf...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Slow worm

Sonntag 2 Mai 2021

This afternoon we discovered that we had a visitor in our greenhouse. This slow worm (hazelworm) o...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Mink

Dienstag 20 April 2021

Last week I went for a walk to our favorite bird watch tower, where sea eagles live. Unfortunately...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Bird art

Montag 8 Februar 2021

Bird art in the snow! Apparently two birds flew from the feeding spot fighting a little and creat...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Moose

Montag 17 August 2020

A while back we saw a moose (eland, älg) from our house. Now to get lucky and spot one (hopefully ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Waxwing

Donnerstag 30 Januar 2020

The Waxwings (nl: pestvogel / sv: sidensvans) can be found in large groups this year. They are ver...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Roe deer with fawn

Dienstag 9 Juli 2019

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Common svan

Sonntag 19 Mai 2019

The common swan (knobbelzwaan) is the 'national' bird of the Östergötland region, where we live. I...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Red deer

Dienstag 14 Mai 2019

We discovered a new area where there are many red deer (edelherten). This red deer was quite willi...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Common crane

Montag 22 April 2019

The common cranes (kraanvogel) are back in large numbers. A few hours drive away there is a famous...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Whooper svans

Freitag 19 April 2019

Spring has finally begun! Birds are returning from the south and a lot of them are nesting now. Th...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

White-throated dipper

Sonntag 10 Februar 2019

With the snow and ice the white-throated dippers (waterspreeuw) have fewer choices for fishing. It...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Forest

Mittwoch 30 Januar 2019

Today it was a nice sunny day. Ideal to take a day off from work and walk through an empty forest....

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Island

Samstag 26 Januar 2019

This winter is colder than the average winter here. This resulted in the Bråviken bay completely f...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Hare tracks

Montag 14 Januar 2019

Our friendly neighbourhood hare (haas) made a visit in our garden again. 🙂

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Fallow deer

Samstag 12 Januar 2019

Today we drove through one of our favorite forests. We still have not been able to get a nice phot...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Squirrel

Montag 24 Dezember 2018

Just a picture of a squirrel from last summer. They are always fun to photograph!

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Ågelsjön

Sonntag 16 Dezember 2018

Today I went for a nice walk along Ågelsjön. It was rather cloudy with light snow at times, but th...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Wren

Montag 26 November 2018

This weekend I saw a small Wren (winterkoning) near our front door. I wonder if it is the same Wre...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Willow tit

Dienstag 13 November 2018

The Willow tit (matkop) is another bird you can often see in small groups with other tit species i...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Mushrooms

Sonntag 11 November 2018

The mushroom season is pretty much over. Only rarely you can now find undamaged mushrooms in the f...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0

Crested tit

Samstag 27 Oktober 2018

In this time of year you can see small groups with different kind of tits, like this Crested Tit, ...

Weiterlesen Kommentieren (0 Comments)

0 0 0 0 0