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Description
Just as any season at Gärstad, the area is overflowing with gulls even in winter. Most common are Сребренест галеб and Голем морски галеб. But also smaller amounts of wintering обичен галеб and езерски галеб. During cold winters even Glaucous Gull has been found. The gulls also attract large amounts of wintering birds of prey like белоопашест орел, сив сокол, глувчар, and јастреб врапчар. If the dams are ice free smaller amounts of ducks, geese and swans can be found in the area. Around Gärstadverken there are smaller amounts of wasteland enjoyed by birds during winter and alte autumn. Rare birds like обична ѕвингалка (rare in winter), конопјарче (rare in winter), нордиско конопјарче, мала бекасина and циганче have been found along with many more common wintering birds. Along with the gulls large amounts of crows also winter in the area. Most numerous are Пепелава врана, гавран and чавка.
During sping most of the обичен галеб and езерски галеб return to Gärstadverken. Rarer gulls like мал црногрб галеб, and касписки галеб are also found during this period. Early spring birds are also often found here first like обичен сколовранец, полска чучулига, калуѓерка, and гулаб гурмиш. The fields around Gärstadverken are also often filled with geese and swans during this period. When the dams open up most dabbling ducks common in the area can be found.
Gärstadverken is a quite surprisingly good location for wading birds. With црвенонога тринга, остригар, and златно блатарче being common. During autumn even some arctic waders can be found.
During summer цуцулест нуркач, мал нуркач, мал пескар, ушест нуркач and црноврат нуркач, who arrive in spring, all breed in the many dams in the area. црноврат нуркач is extremely rare (only breeds in one other area in Sweden since it recently disappeared from Skåne) and might have left this location for good since it wasn't found in 2022.
During autumn gulls are most numerous. Thousands of обичен галеб and Сребренест галеб. Although they often venture into lake Roxen. Here касписки галеб is relativley numerous, and жолтоног галеб can be found. Other rare gulls like тропрст галеб (very rare) and мал галеб can also be seen.
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Gärstadverken is located between the city of Linköping and lake Roxen. There is a parking lot. Click on a P in the map for directions to a parking.