Wildlife Sweden May 2026

 

Common Eider

 

May 2026

 
 Northern lapwing
 
Mute Swan

 
 
 
Eurasian Oyster Catcher  


 

 
Barnacle Goose 
Canada Goose in background, Barnacle Goose foreground

Greylag Goose  
 
 Common Eider (male)
 
 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



 



 

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