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Tänndalen trip report

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Lake Malmagen 27 July 2002.
Sunny weather, 20° C.
Drove northwest: Uppsala - Siljan - Idre - Tännäs - Fjällnäs. Spotted 10 Cranes (Grus grus) at Lake Siljan. Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and Raven (Corvus corax) between Idre and Tännäs.
Camping site at the shore of Lake Malmagen in Fjällnäs. Short walk along the lake. Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) and Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) in the bushes along the shore.

28 July 2002
Sunny weather, warm. Very windy, storm on the mountain.
Made a trip from Fjällnäs to Långbrottsjöns Mountain Lodge. Beautiful scenery. A walk of about 16 km, from 400 m to 900 m above sea level.
Observations in the birch forest: Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica), Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla), Willow Tit (Parus montanus), Redpoll (Carduelis flammea), Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus).
On the mountain: Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria), Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus), Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis), Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) and Carrion Crow (Corvus corone). Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) and Common Gull (Larus canus) at V. Kroktjärnen.
The mountain side was littered with the corpses of dead Lemmings (Lemmus lemmus). Most of the Lemmings from 2001s explosion seem to have perished during the spring of 2002.

Långbrottfjället

Reindeer at Flatruet

29 July 2002.
Sunny weather, some clouds, very windy.
Drove by car to Flatruet, only to find the place crowded by turists. Made a short stop on the way back, south of Mittådalen. Spotted Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) and Reindeer along the road. Crane, Redshank (Tringa totanus), Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) and Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in a small lake.
Climbed to the top of Hamrafjället (1138 m above sealevel). Beautiful view over the valley.

30 July 2002
Cloudy. The low clouds make a trip to the mountain regions impossible. In stead a walk along the shore of Tänndalssjön: Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), Robin (Erithacus rubecula), Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus) and Black-throated Diver
The weather brightens up in the afternoon. A climb to the top of Anderssjöåfallet : Black-throated Diver and Golden Plover.

Anderssjöåfallet

Rock Ptarmigan

31 July 2002
Weather: hazy in the morning, later sunny and warm.
A mountain walk to the top of Ånnfjället: about 7,5 km, from 800 to 1300 m above sealevel.
As soon as the vegetation becomes more scarse and the boulders take over, Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) become abundant. Suddenly a flock of 8 Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) takes of, they must have hidden until the last moment. A lifer! Later another group of 6 Rock Ptarmigan. Hare (Lepus timidus) and Reindeer everywhere. Fastastic view from the top of the mountain.

1 August 2002
I am so pleased with my observation of Rock Ptarmigan yesterday and the beautiful day on Ånnfjället, that I decide to drive home.

View from Ånnfjället