Construction of a new photographic hide for kingfishers

Spring has been around for about two weeks here in southern Sweden and nature has a very busy schedule after the delay due to the long winter. Spring is my favorite season and I try to spend every minute out in nature. But wildlife is in a hurry, trying to breed and...

Osprey – differently for once!

Most Scandinavian photographers go to Kangasala in Finland in order to photograph fishing ospreys from the hides there. A fabulous place for photography! The ospreys there visit the fish ponds several times each day and catch the farmed rainbow trout from the ponds....

Spring time is mating time

Black Grouse Lek! This morning I spent some time in a hide next to my wildlife photography colleague Johan Hammar who has invited me to join him to photograph Black Grouse in southern Sweden. Male black grouse display and compete for the females in a bizarre arena...

“Waterworld” has turned into “Iceworld”

Winter has got its cold grip on Sweden at the moment. Even here in the south where we usually don’t get much snow, temperatures have been well below zero, the landscape is white and all the lakes are covered with ice. The water in the pool at my hide...

Waterworld is amost finished

Just a short note on my new hide – waterworld. It took a while to arrange the last details and there still are some minor things to fix. However, the hide is in place and the water is in the pool. I’ll keep you posted on the progress with the photography...