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Description
Svartåmynning is a nature reserve on Lake Roxen and a top bird watching area. From one of Svartåmynnings birdwatching towers you get a sweeping view of the lake. Lake Roxen is a large shallow lake with an average depth of 4.8 meters. In Svartåmynning 279 bird species have been seen, and in Roxen as a whole 296 bird spiecies have been seen. In the winter just as the snow dissappeares in February the first spring birds arrive: Common Starling, Eurasian Skylark, Twite, Fieldfare, Snow Bunting and Northern Lapwing. As the area around Svartåmynning is one of the first places to become ice free in early march, you can usually find large gatherings of Eurasian Wigeon, Taiga Bean Goose, Tufted Duck, Greylag Goose, Common Goldeneye, Goosander, Smew, Canada Goose and Common Teal. In late march many of the less common birds can arrive Great Egret, Pink-footed Goose, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler and Barnacle Goose. At the same time the coastal meadows are filled with: Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit and European Golden Plover. The first waders also start to appear: Common Redshank, Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Snipe, Eurasian Curlew and Common Ringed Plover.
In late March the first Lesser White-fronted Goose arrive on their route to the mountains. This is one of the few areas where this goose can still be seen regularly. In April even more ducks and geese arrive. Now the first substantial amounts of waders arrive. With them the first Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Dunlin, Common Greenshank and Ruff are ussually seen. Around Sättuna the very large Black-headed Gull colony starts to form. Around this time you can find Little Gull in large amounts, and sometimes even the rare Mediterranean Gull. At the same time the first terns arrive Arctic Tern, Caspian Tern and Common Tern. This is usually the best time for watching marine ducks who often wander to the lake, sometimes in large flocks. The most common of theese are Common Scoter and Greater Scaup. But Velvet Scoter, Long-tailed Duck and Common Eider are can also be seen. The lake is used by thousands Tufted Duck as feeding grounds. On the coastal meadows also often se marine birds like Rock Pipit . In the latter part of april the latest duck Garganey starts to appear. Now the waders take over with even more species like Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint, Spotted Redshank and Grey Plover even some of the rarest waders are seen quite regularly: Broad-billed Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Marsh Sandpiper (not seen every year, has breed once) Pacific Golden Plover (now seen 4 years in a row). Now the Black Tern and Common Rosefinch also arrive.
In Svartåmynning many rare birdspecies breed. The area has a very large amount of breeding waders: Common Redshank (common) Common Snipe (common), Northern Lapwing (common), Black-tailed Godwit (Swedens northernmost population of the bird breeds here), Little Ringed Plover (uncommon), Eurasian Oystercatcher (uncommon), Eurasian Curlew (uncommon). On the coastal meadows large amount of ducks and geese also breed. On the ground Linnet, Meadow Pipit, Red-backed Shrike and Eurasian Skylark all breed. Osprey, Common Buzzard, Peregrine Falcon, Eurasian Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, White-tailed Eagle and Western Marsh Harrier all breed in the area.
As autumn starts to rear its head the waders start to increase again. If the water in Roxen is at the right level hundreds of waders can bee seen. Waders like: Wood Sandpiper (often 100+), Common Greenshank (often 30+), Common Ringed Plover (often 100+) Ruff (often 200+), Little Ringed Plover (often 20+), Spotted Redshank (often 50+). In autumn the arctic waders are much more common and in August-September they can be seen in the hundreds: Dunlin (often 300+), Red Knot (often 100+), Grey Plover (often 50+) Curlew Sandpiper (often 30+). Many quite rare waders are regularly seen at Svartåmynning in autumn like Broad-billed Sandpiper, Sanderling, Red-necked Phalarope, Ruddy Turnstone and Black-tailed Godwit (islandica).
During autumn large flock of finches, starlings, wagtails and pipits often congregate on the coastal meadows. In these flock rarer birds like Red-throated Pipit and Lapland Bunting are often found. When the geese arrive again there can usually be found a few Brent Goose. When the late autumn arrives and the ducks yet again reach their peak, you can see thousands of Tufted Duck (often 5000+) Goosander (has decreased but could once be seen in the thousands in the lake) Smew (often 1300+, highest concentrations in the country), Great Crested Grebe (often 2000+, highest concentration the country). Among these birds you can sometimes find rarer ducks.
Details
Access
Just outside of Linköping along the road between Ljungsbro and Linköping. There are three different entrances to the reserve. The south at Sättuna, the middle at Nybrobaden and the north at Sjövik. All of them have bird towers and information signs. The bird towers at Nybrobaden and Sättuna are accessible by wheelchair. Several parking spaces are available. Click on a P in the map to get directions to that point. Marked trails run from the car parks to the bird towers.
Terrain and Habitat
Scattered trees and bushes , Grassland , Wetland , Plain , River , Lake , Forest , Beach , Mud flats , Agriculture , Reedbeds , City/villageConditions
Flat , Wet , No shadow , High water possible , Open landscapeCircular trail
YesIs a telescope useful?
Can be usefulGood birding season
All year roundBest time to visit
Autumn , SpringRoute
Paved roadDifficulty walking trail
EasyAccessible by
Foot , BicycleBirdwatching hide / platform
YesExtra info
Don't disturb the birds. Follow the signs, some of the paths are of limits during the breeding season (April-July)