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Gäddängen

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Gäddängen is a wetland by Lake Ringsjön and a popular resting place for water birds, especially during the spring and autumn.

Added* by Tommy
Most recent update 29 prosince 2020

Description

Gäddängen is a wetland that is part of Fulltofta farm nature reserve. The landscape is varying with deep woodland, open glades and pasture, wide heath land and mighty oak trees, small and big ponds and many little streams. At the shore of Lake Ringsjön there is a tall bird tower and out on nunnäsuddens south bank a smaller bird tower. Of nesting birds there are species such as moták pochop, ledňáček říční, lelek lesní, jeřáb popelavý and čejka chocholatá. A number of birds, such as moták pilich, orlovec říční, luňák červený, labuť zpěvná and berneška bělolící use Fulltofta and Ringsjön as a resting place. But also bird species such as králíček ohnivý, volavka červená, potápka černokrká and čáp černý have been seen in the reserve.

Details

Access

From the road 13 between Höör and Hörby there are sign posts toward Fulltofta Nature and Visitor Centre. At the weekend, bus 469 goes all the way to the Nature and Visitor centre of Fulltofta. Weekdays, bus 470 stops along road 13. From Ramstorp Fulltofta, it is about 1,5 km to the Nature and Visitor Centre. There are plenty of hiking trails from 1 to 16 km. To only visit the Gäddängen wetland click on the P in the map to het directions to the Gäddängen parking place. From the parking place it's about 1 km to the birdwatchtower.

Terrain and Habitat

Wetland

Conditions

Open landscape

Circular trail

Yes

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

Spring , Autumn , Summer

Best time to visit

Spring

Route

Paved road

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Foot , Bicycle , Car , Wheelchair

Birdwatching hide / platform

Yes

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