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Description
Vanhankaupunginlahti is Helsinki’s great urban wetland. It is an internationally important bird area and a Ramsar site. It combines reedbeds, mudflats, forest edges, and open water, with year‑round birding and excellent infrastructure. There are several bird observation towers in the area where you'll have great view over the bay.
You can see among many other species: Barnacle Goose, Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Northern Shoveler, Garganey, Gadwall, Eurasian Wigeon, Eurasian Teal, Great Crested Grebe, Stock Dove, Water Rail, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Curlew, Common Snipe, Common Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, Great Cormorant, Great Bittern, Western Marsh Harrier, White-tailed Eagle, White-backed Woodpecker. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Hobby, Icterine Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Blyth's Reed Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, River Warbler, Eurasian Treecreeper, Red-backed Shrike, Thrush Nightingale, Redwing, Fieldfare, Meadow Pipit, Bearded Tit, Common Rosefinch, Eurasian Wryneck, Grey-headed Woodpecker.
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Vanhankaupunginlahti sits on the eastern edge of central Helsinki. From Helsinki you can get there by bus. Get off at bus stop Viikintie (1). Most carparks are limited time only. Press P on the map for directions to a parking spot. Explore the area by foot or bike (by bike you can't go everywhere).