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Description
Luitemaa Nature Reserve is a wetland complex on the south-western coast of Estonia that consists of diverse coastal and inland habitats including shallow sea, capes and islands, coastal meadows and reed-beds. The coastal meadows near Võiste have shallow waters that attract large amounts of dabbling ducks (harmaasorsa, sinisorsa, heinätavi, haapana, tavi and so on), ristisorsa and swans. The wide coastal meadows and lagoons are favored by geese. Most common are merihanhi and valkoposkihanhi. Rarer gooses like tundrahanhi, lyhytnokkahanhi, kanadanhanhi, punakaulahanhi, sepelhanhi, tundrametsähanhi and metsähanhi are often found during migration.
The sandbanks and lagoons are great spots for wading birds. Most common breeding birds are punajalkaviklo, tylli, meriharakka, kapustarinta, töyhtöhyyppä, and suokukko. During migration mustaviklo, avosetti, suosirri, pikkusirri, lapinsirri, isosirri, kuovisirri, kuovi and pikkukuovi have been recorded.
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The coastal meadows are close to the village of Võiste. From the village you can explore the area on foot.