Time to sum up the bird year in Sweden 2025. Some cool experiences remain - but not all in pictures, like the male Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor) that visited our apple tree in the garden in Uppsala. It was the first time ever I saw a male on "our" side of the River Fyris! Could it be because we have more and more dead wood in the forest area next door? The coolest "Swedish" pictures this year were probably from a newly discovered bird hide in Fullerö, just north of Uppsala. There, for example, this female bullfinch appeared in her well-balanced plumage, slightly more modest than the male's, but oh so beautiful in the frosty surroundings.