Birdwatching Expressions
Skådare, kikare, artlista — Swedish for the hide, the list and the rare visitor.
The birder's whole world: gear and hides, the list-keeping obsession (livslista, kryssa, the forty-mil drive for one bird — and the miss), identification by ear at 3 a.m. in May, the migration counts at Falsterbo, winter's domherre in the snow, and the rarity alert that ruins every weekend and makes them all worth it. Swedish birding culture, in its own vocabulary.
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fågelskådning
birdwatching
Tip: lit. the same.
- 2
en fågelskådare
a birdwatcher
Tip: lit. the same — 'skådare' for short.
- 3
en kikare
binoculars
Tip: lit. the same.
- 4
en tubkikare
a telescope
Tip: lit. the same.
- 5
ett stativ
a tripod
Tip: lit. the same.
- 6
en fälthandbok
a field guide
Tip: lit. the same.
- 7
ett fågeltorn
a bird hide
Tip: lit. 'a bird tower' — usually a tower here.
- 8
ett naturreservat
a nature reserve
Tip: lit. the same.
- 9
en våtmark
a wetland
Tip: lit. the same.
- 10
en vik i gryningen
a bay at dawn
Tip: lit. the same.
- 11
en art
a species
Tip: lit. the same.
- 12
en artlista
a species list
Tip: lit. the same.
- 13
en livslista
a life list
Tip: lit. the same.
- 14
en årslista
a year list
Tip: lit. the same.
- 15
en ny art för listan
a new species for the list
Tip: lit. the same — a 'kryss'.
- 16
kryssa en fågel
to tick a bird
Tip: lit. 'to cross a bird'.
- 17
en kryssare
a twitcher
Tip: lit. the same — one who chases rarities.
- 18
en raritet
a rarity
Tip: lit. the same.
- 19
en tillfällig gäst
a vagrant
Tip: lit. the same — blown off course.
- 20
köra fyrtio mil
to drive four hundred kilometres
Tip: lit. the same — Swedish 'mil' is ten kilometres.
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för en enda fågel
for one bird
Tip: lit. the same.
- 22
och missa den med en timme
and to miss it by an hour
Tip: lit. the same.
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en miss
a dip
Tip: lit. the same.
- 24
ett läte
a call
Tip: lit. the same.
- 25
en sång
a song
Tip: lit. the same.
- 26
artbestämma på läte
to identify by ear
Tip: lit. the same — the real skill.
- 27
en morgonkör
a dawn chorus
Tip: lit. the same.
- 28
i maj klockan tre på natten
in May at three in the morning
Tip: lit. the same.
- 29
flyttning
migration
Tip: lit. the same.
- 30
vårsträck
spring migration
Tip: lit. the same.
- 31
höststräck
autumn migration
Tip: lit. the same.
- 32
en sträckräkning
a migration count
Tip: lit. the same.
- 33
vid Falsterbo
at Falsterbo
Tip: lit. the same — the great Swedish migration point.
- 34
en ringmärkningsstation
a ringing station
Tip: lit. the same.
- 35
ringmärka en fågel
to ring a bird
Tip: lit. the same.
- 36
ett häckande par
a breeding pair
Tip: lit. the same.
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en holk
a nest box
Tip: lit. the same.
- 38
en fågelmatare på vintern
a feeder in winter
Tip: lit. the same.
- 39
en talgoxe
a great tit
Tip: lit. the same — everyone's first bird.
- 40
en domherre i snön
a bullfinch in the snow
Tip: lit. the same — the Christmas bird.
- 41
en havsörn
a white-tailed eagle
Tip: lit. the same — back from near extinction.
- 42
trandans i april
a crane dance in April
Tip: lit. the same — at Hornborgasjön.
- 43
ett tjäderspel
a capercaillie lek
Tip: lit. the same.
- 44
stå stilla i en timme
to stand still for an hour
Tip: lit. the same.
- 45
kalla fötter och varmt kaffe
cold feet and hot coffee
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
rapportera ett fynd
to report a sighting
Tip: lit. the same — to Artportalen.
- 47
ett nationellt rapportsystem
a national reporting system
Tip: lit. the same — and it's world-leading.
- 48
ett raritetslarm i mobilen
a rarity alert on the phone
Tip: lit. the same.
- 49
som förstör varje helg
which ruins every weekend
Tip: lit. the same.
- 50
och gör dem alla värda det
and makes them all worthwhile
Tip: lit. the same.