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Birding at Falsterbo (1 Viewer)
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http://www.skof.se/fbo/index_e.html
Summer lasted until mid September last year. We had 25 degrees C during daytime. Normally it's a bit colder. The weather can be crystal clear but also rainy and windy. Nights and early mornings can be cool.
Summer lasted until mid September last year. We had 25 degrees C during daytime. Normally it's a bit colder. The weather can be crystal clear but also rainy and windy. Nights and early mornings can be cool.
sidneywood
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September should be fine, indian summer etc., but could break up towards the end; have rainwear for the odd shower (there'll be one if you don't); remember sunset is soon after 19.00 (there's an extra hour until mid-October) so cooler evenings.
Beverlybaynes
Mod Squad
Forgive my ignorance, but where on earth is Falsterbo?
Michael Frankis
conehead
The extreme southwest tip of Sweden, facing southern Denmark. Most of the raptors migrating south out of Scandinavia in the fall cross from here to Denmark.
Michael
Michael
Beverlybaynes
Mod Squad
Thanks! Guess if I'd looked more carefully the first time, I would have picked that up from Hans' and Sidney's locations. 
And since we Americans tend to be unaware of hawk watches beyond our own shores....
And since we Americans tend to be unaware of hawk watches beyond our own shores....
sidneywood
Member
Migration from Siberia too, not just Scandinavia; for some reason the spring migration is in a wide band including the SE coast, but in the autumn most exit via Falsterbo. On dull days they queue up up to 100 km inland, and then off they go on a the first fine day
Beverlybaynes
Mod Squad
Sounds a bit like Holiday Beach in southwest Ontario: Hundreds of thousands (over the entire season) of raptor funnel through this area, the southwestern most part of the province, to avoid flights over Great Lake Erie.
I've never been up there (yet). But friends go every fall. And some recorded flights have been truly spectacular: one September day 4-5 years ago clocked some 159,000 Broad-Winged Hawks in a single day!
I subscribe to a listserv from the North American Hawk Watching Association called BirdHawk, and when the daily reports start coming in from all over the eastern US -- which should be soon! -- it's fascinating to see the totals and to 'watch' the waves of raptors as they pour southward.
I'd love to do a wander someday in the fall from places like Holiday Beach, to Hawk Mountain, to places around Corpus Christi, TX, and on down to Veracruz, to follow the hawks!
I've never been up there (yet). But friends go every fall. And some recorded flights have been truly spectacular: one September day 4-5 years ago clocked some 159,000 Broad-Winged Hawks in a single day!
I subscribe to a listserv from the North American Hawk Watching Association called BirdHawk, and when the daily reports start coming in from all over the eastern US -- which should be soon! -- it's fascinating to see the totals and to 'watch' the waves of raptors as they pour southward.
I'd love to do a wander someday in the fall from places like Holiday Beach, to Hawk Mountain, to places around Corpus Christi, TX, and on down to Veracruz, to follow the hawks!
sidneywood
Member
I just found this site about Falsterbo -maps, guides, description, accommodation lists etc. JTHATCH possibly knows of it already, but the others might be interested. Choose a language on the fist page (Swedish/English).
www.skof.se/fbo/fbo.htm
As you can see it's part of the Skof site (the local organization, Skånes ornitologiska förening), but it feels like a site of it's own once you're there.
www.skof.se/fbo/fbo.htm
As you can see it's part of the Skof site (the local organization, Skånes ornitologiska förening), but it feels like a site of it's own once you're there.
