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Description
At the Umeälvens delta 295 bird species have been recorded. The delta holds a few rarer wintering birds like: triprsti detel, smrekov kalin, beloperuti krivokljun, pivka, and polarni brezovček. During each spring around 6000 labod pevec stay at the delta. Around one thousand mlakarica, kreheljc, and žvižgavka use the area as feeding grounds during the spring. Also hundreds of dolgorepa raca, zvonec, veliki žagar and čopasta črnica. Ducks who are rarely seen in Northern Sweden like reglja, duplinska kozarka, konopnica, sivka, and rjavka can often be seen.
Large amounts of wader use the delta as feeding grounds. Most common are togotnik, spremenljivi prodnik, zlata prosenka, veliki škurh, priba and močvirski martinec. Also rare waders like mali deževnik, ozkokljuni liskonožec, črnorepi kljunač, dular, progastorepi kljunač and ploskokljunec. gozdni strnad is regularly seen. rjavi lunj and vrtni strnad breed.
During spring the fields close to the delta are fillled with geese, passerine birds and waders. Some of the rarer birds often seen are laponski ostroglež, repnik, rdečegrla cipa and turška grlica. During atumn the coastal meadows are once again filled with wading birds migrationg south. During autumn more arctic waders are seen, while less of the southern species are seen.
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Access
In several places in the nature reserve there are bird towers and other facilities for bird watching. See the map below. Click on a P in the map to get directions to that point. To protect nesting birds, you are not allowed to walk off marked trails between April 1 and August 15. Ramps, bird towers, hides and platforms may be used during this time.
A suspension bridge suitable for both wheelchair users and strollers makes Stora Tuvan accessible from the parking lot (see the map). On the island, an accessible ramp through lush deciduous forest goes out to the bird tower. The ramp is also available for the visually impaired. There is a hide at the far end of the headland.