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Veda Våtmark

Småland  >  Sweden

Small wetland created on agricultural land east of Jönköping. More than 200 bird species have been recorded in the area.

Added* by Lars Eriksson
Most recent update 29 august 2023

Description

Veda Våtmark is a wetland created on agricultural land in a bird-rich area between the villages of Tovrida and Vireda. The wetland is surrounded by grasslands, wet fields, pastures and arable land with open ditches, occasional shrubs, trees and groves.

The wetland's specialty for a number of years has been breeding kačica hvizdárka, something that is unusual in Götaland. Other birds you can encounter on Veda Våtmark are kačica lyžičiarka, kačica chrapka, hlaholka severská, hus divá, bernikľa veľká, potápka ušatá, potápka chochlatá, močiarnica mekotavá, cibík chochlatý, čajka smejivá and čajka sivá. kačica chrapačka has been seen during the breeding season, as well as chochlačka vrkočatá. Other wetland birds roost during migration season. Examples of such that have been seen are beluša veľká, potápka malá, sliepočka vodná, chriašteľ vodný, kačica chripľavka, kačica ostrochvostá, chochlačka sivá, potápač malý, labuť malá, kulík piesočný, kulík riečný, pobrežník čiernozobý, pobrežník malý, pobrežník krivozobý, kalužiak sivý, kalužiak tmavý, kalužiak močiarny, kalužiak perlavý and kalužiak červenonohý. The highest amount of waders can be observed when the water level is low.

In the surroundings also nest hvizdák veľký, stehlík obyčajný, stehlík konôpka, škovránok poľný, škorec obyčajný, skaliarik sivý, pŕhľaviar červenkastý, ľabtuška lúčna, strnádka obyčajná, strnádka trstinová and various other birds. There are also good chances to see birds of prey in the area. haja červenáis not uncommon to be seen, as is kaňa močiarna that often hunts at the wetland. sokol myšiar (pustovka) nest, myšiak hôrny and sokol sťahovavý are a couple of other of the bird of prey species that you can see here with a bit of luck.

Among the rarities that have temporarily appeared here are ležiak úhorový, orol hrubozobý, kaňa popolavá, kaňa stepná, sokol kobcovitý, bocian čierny, ľabtuška veľká and králik ohnivohlavý.

Details

Access

Veda Våtmark is located 12 km east of Jönköping and 7 km southeast of Huskvarna between the villages of Tovrida and Vireda. Click on the P in the map for directions. You come to a barn. To reach the small parking drive into the courtyard in front of the barn, and further down the short gravel road that runs parallel to the bike path in the direction west. The small parking is at the bottom of the road. Walk from there on the tractor road that leads out into the fields and towards the wetland. There is an observation point next to the first hill you arrive at, see the viewpoint on the map below. From there you have a good overview without going too close. A spotting scopes is preferred to really observe the birds well. Please don't go closer to prevent disturbance of the birds. Especially in autumn, the wetland can easily be emptied of ducks if you are careless and go too close.

Terrain and Habitat

Grassland , Wetland

Conditions

Open landscape

Circular trail

No

Is a telescope useful?

Can be useful

Good birding season

Spring , Autumn , Summer

Best time to visit

Spring migration , Autumn migration

Route

Narrow trail

Difficulty walking trail

Easy

Accessible by

Foot

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

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