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Description
Just as any season at Gärstad, the area is overflowing with gulls even in winter. Most common are čajka striebristá and čajka morská. But also smaller amounts of wintering čajka sivá and čajka smejivá. During cold winters even čajka bledá has been found. The gulls also attract large amounts of wintering birds of prey like orliak morský, sokol sťahovavý, myšiak hôrny, and jastrab krahulec. 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 pinka obyčajná (rare in winter), stehlík konôpka (rare in winter), stehlík horský, močiarnička tichá and žľtochvost domový 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 vrana popolavá, krkavec čierny and kavka tmavá.
During sping most of the čajka sivá and čajka smejivá return to Gärstadverken. Rarer gulls like čajka tmavá, and čajka bielohlavá are also found during this period. Early spring birds are also often found here first like škorec obyčajný, škovránok poľný, cibík chochlatý, and holub hrivnák. 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 kalužiak červenonohý, lastúrničiar strakatý, and kulík zlatý being common. During autumn even some arctic waders can be found.
During summer potápka chochlatá, potápka malá, kulík riečný, potápka ušatá and potápka čiernokrká, who arrive in spring, all breed in the many dams in the area. potápka čiernokrká 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 čajka sivá and čajka striebristá. Although they often venture into lake Roxen. Here čajka bielohlavá is relativley numerous, and čajka žltonohá can be found. Other rare gulls like čajka trojprstá (very rare) and čajka malá 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.