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Archipelago Adventure Sweden May 14-17, 2026

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  joyful reunion in Sweden May 2026  May 14-17, 2026 Grateful for the unpredicted blue skies!        The long, vertical, darker, narrow blob at the bottom is Landsort    Stendörrens Naturreservat       Stendörrens Naturreservat    Lichen so plentiful; now I understand how reindeer can subsist on them.   Thrilled to see 3 different goose species in one small spot.   Canada Goose in the back   Barnacle Goose   Greylag Goose Spotting the Northern Lapwing that I'd only heard before. Northern Lapwing     Kids playing on play cow in a boat kept me entertained while I ate skumrak.      Skumrak: quality chocolate shell with quality marshmallow-like light filling.     Moose face or???       Joyful tree hugger   All the above photos taken at Stendörrens Naturreservat, where we started our Stockholm Archipelago explorations.    Ferry t...

Wildlife Sweden May 2026

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  Common Eider   May 2026    Northern lapwing   Mute Swan       Eurasian Oyster Catcher       Barnacle Goose  Canada Goose in background, Barnacle Goose foreground Greylag Goose      Common Eider   Common Eider family Landsort     Eurasian Oyster Catcher   Eurasian magpie       Roe Deer Roe deer running   Fallow deer imported from Mesopotamia in 16th century   Fallow deer imported from Mesopotamia in 16th century          Buff-tailed Bumblebee   snail inside rhododendron flower