Radiomarked bird from Sarsjöliden. On the cloth-ground, behind the bird, there are some dropings containing almost only blueberries!
(Picture P. Hansson )

Per Hansson and Simone Röper testing the transmitter before releasing the young.  Innertavle, Västerbotten, northern Sweden.
(Picture Ulf Skyllberg)

 A typical Swedish breeding place.
Cranes often build their nests in such Carex rostrata reeds, on the shores of small lakes.
In the picture, nesting place of one Sarsjöliden family.
 (Picture S. Röper )

Älgmyran – A typical northern mire.
These mires are the most common nesting place of cranes in this area.
 (Picture S. Röper )