We have just completed another inspiring 5-day tour with 8 participants from the UK, traveling with our partner NatureTrek. The tour was successful as we saw lots of wildlife during the tour including a close Beaver sighting, 15 Moose and a Brown Bear.

Red fox sighting in bright daylight. Notice the winter fur on the back. During the autumn and winter, the red fox will grow more fur. The fox sheds this fur at the onset of spring, reverting back to the short fur for the duration of the summer.

Beaver dam. We had our first Beaver sighting just after we arrived in the nearby stream close to our guesthouse where we stayed.

Photo: Daphne Hills. We saw this Beaver just 15 minutes after we arrived at our guesthouse!

Photo: Daphne Hills. Another pic while the Beaver was eating some leafs that were floating by.

Looking out for Moose on the first night.

Night walk watching for Moose and Beaver.

Curious one year old Moose calf.

Wolf killed Moose carcass. The Wolves of Sweden feed mainly on Moose and often kill as many as 120 Moose per pack per year.

Another Wolf killed Moose carcass proves that the Wolves are not far away. Wolves often come back to eat the ribs, bones and even the skull and hooves.

A well needed lunch break at Pensionat Udden guesthouse.

Per Ahlqvist from the Scandinavian Wolf Project giving a presentation about Wolves at Grimsö Wildlife Research Station. The group contributed to the project by donating money through WWF.

Per Ahlqvist’s presentation was highly appreciated by the group as one of the highlights of the trip.

We had several nice sunsets. The sun set at about 11pm and rises at 3am during June. And it never really gets dark in between.

Night walk listening for Owls and Wolves.

Listening for Wolves by the fire until 3am without success. But we had a nice night together boiling coffee and eating cinnamon rolls.

The view at night from our guesthouse. A Beaver swam by just before I took this photo at 3am one early morning.

Row Deer buck and two Cranes share the same habitat during summer.

A fat Toad came out on a rainy day.

We found some beautiful Globe flowers in a meadow beside the road.

We came across several Wolf droppings on our trail. Wolves often put their scat on trails and smaller roads as territorial markings.

Lee bringing out her binoculars to see if there are any Wolves at the other side of the lake.

Sheila looking for Wolves across a lake from behind a tree.

One year old Moose calf in meadow. We saw about 15 Moose during the tour but still couldn’t capture any good photos.

Eva and Allan, our hosts at Pensionat Udden guesthouse where we stayed during our first three nights in the Bergslagen forest.

Driving up the muddy road towards the Brown Bear hide in Hälsingland.

A Brown Bear appearing just outside our hide at about 9pm.

Group on the trail on the morning after the night in the Brown Bear hide. It is about a 30 minutes walk in boggy terrain.

Eva preparing a wonderful breakfast at Vargas Wilderness lodge.

Our Bear guide Christer Lindberg took some nice photos of the Brown Bear who showed up at 9pm just outside the hide, then ran off but returned at about 11pm. The Bear ran off, not Christer

Same Brown Bear just outside the hide.