Sleeping red-throated diver in morning mist

The sun has been up for an hour. This morning's defense of the territory is completed. A good time for the red-throated diver to rest for a while while the morning mist slowly rises from the calm water surface.

Greeting the morning together, red-throated divers in the morning mist

The red-throated divers swims together into one of the areas lit up by the spotlights that are formed when the sun shines between the pine trunks in the early morning mist during a cold May morning at Knuthöjdsmossen.

Early morning at the red-throated divers

During the first hour after sunrise, the mist still rises from the water. With the red-throated diver in backlight, it is just a silhouette that slowly slides across the mirrorlike water surface. The call, as loud as it is desolate, is however hard to miss.

Red-throated diverdoing the morning routine

The morning dawns at the red-throated divers. After being active for several hours, it's time to relax and stretch for a while

Red-throated diver on a mirror like pond

An hour before sunset and almost the entire pond is already in the shade. The background with birch trunks and dry grass is still lit by the sun and lights up in a golden tone when the red-throated diver slowly swims over the mirror-like water.

Den svala morgonen ger upphov till en tjock dimma när solens första strålar träffar vattenytan. Konturerna av smålommen tar sakta form när den ljudlöst glider genom dimman.

The cool morning air causes a thick fog to appear as the sun's first rays hit the water surface. The contours of the red-throated diver slowly take shape as it slides silently through the fog.