Cycled the Lossen road for the first time this year, with the following observations:

• The cranes are not at home yet. The little tarn by their (last year’s) nesting site is still covered with ice
• The Lossen reservoir is almost empty
• The spring water is as good as it ever was (I filled my bottle and brought home some)
• The red-throated divers haven’t arrived yet
• The red-throated divers’ tarn is covered with ice except for a narrow strip of open water, which was enough for a pair of goosanders and mallards
• Daphne! I found actual wild flowers! (besides the coltsfoot I found in Funäsdalen on Thursday)
• I’m not a birds-in-flight photographer