Opis
Just as any season at Gärstad, the area is overflowing with gulls even in winter. Most common are mewa srebrzysta and mewa siodłata. But also smaller amounts of wintering mewa pospolita and śmieszka. During cold winters even mewa blada has been found. The gulls also attract large amounts of wintering birds of prey like bielik, sokół wędrowny, myszołów, and krogulec. 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 zięba (rare in winter), makolągwa (rare in winter), rzepołuch, bekasik and kopciuszek 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 wrona siwa, kruk and kawka.
During sping most of the mewa pospolita and śmieszka return to Gärstadverken. Rarer gulls like mewa żółtonoga, and mewa białogłowa are also found during this period. Early spring birds are also often found here first like szpak, skowronek, czajka, and grzywacz. 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 krwawodziób, ostrygojad, and siewka złota being common. During autumn even some arctic waders can be found.
During summer perkoz dwuczuby, perkozek, sieweczka rzeczna, perkoz rogaty and zausznik, who arrive in spring, all breed in the many dams in the area. zausznik 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 mewa pospolita and mewa srebrzysta. Although they often venture into lake Roxen. Here mewa białogłowa is relativley numerous, and mewa romańska can be found. Other rare gulls like mewa trójpalczasta (very rare) and mewa mała can also be seen.
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Dostęp
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.
