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The birds start to arrive at Killingholmen in February when the ice starts to loose its grip on the coastal waters. Then ducks start to rest in the shallow parts of the bay; vigg (at most 100) and around 1000 storskrake can be found. Also the rarer winter ducks like Kricka, brunand, salskrake, bergand and småskrake. A few hundred geese and around 100 sångsvan feed on the areas fields and coastal meadows around march. In March the other early spring birds also arrive; sånglärka, ringduva, stare and tofsvipa. In spring you can find skäggmes in the reed beds.
Year round sparvhök, havsörn and ormvråk are the common predatory birds. But kungsörn, blå kärrhök and röd glada pass by the area. Most common passerine birds arrive in March/April. Slätbaken is a stopping point for passerine birds, which makes it common to find uncommonly early trädlärka and dubbeltrast.
From late February and in March the owls in the area can be heard calling. kattuggla sparvuggla and berguv are sometimes heard. In March more geese start to arrive and not only the common kanadagås and grågås. Also bläsgås (at most 67) and vitkindad gås (at most 100). tajgasädgås, tundrasädgås and spetsbergsgås are sometimes found. Also mindre sångsvan has been observed.
On the coastal meadows large amounts of passerine bird start to rest in the end of March and in April. ängspiplärka, sädesärla, hämpling are the most common. Among these skärpiplärka is regularly seen. In the large grassy areas jorduggla can be found. On the coastal meadows drillsnäppa, skogssnäppa, rödbena, bläsand, snatterand, Skedand, grönbena, ljungpipare, enkelbeckasin and skäggdopping. Most common dabbling ducks are found but only Kricka is numerous (at most 70). At the Torpa damm årta and stjärtand have been seen, along with smaller amounts of other ducks.
In april large amounts of thrushes move past the fields and coastal meadows. Hundreds of taltrast, rödvingetrast, björktrast and dubbeltrast are seen. In the end of May and April most birds disappear, except for the breeders.
In May the latest passerine birds, and night active birds arrive. On the fields ängshök, Pilgrimsfalk and kornknarr are found. silltrut sometimes rest on the coastal meadows in May. rosenfink often sings here. On the meadows vitkindad gås, grågås, kanadagås, snatterand, rödbena, tofsvipa, skäggdopping, vigg, knipa and sothöna breed. In the area mindre hackspett, törnskata, Kricka and sångsvan breed. At Storåns river mouth you can observe kungsfiskare.
During autumn Hov strandängar becomes better for birding. From July the area is a good site for wading birds such as tofsvipa, storspov, större strandpipare, mindre strandpipare, drillsnäppa, enkelbeckasin, ljungpipare, gluttsnäppa, rödbena, brushane, grönbena and skogssnäppa. These are all common, while småsnäppa, kärrsnäppa, småspov, mosnäppa and spovsnäppa are more rare.
Other wetland birds are often found. Among the rarer birds kungsfiskare, skräntärna, blåhake and ägretthäger can be noted. Large amounts of gulls, geese and terns can be found, especially grågås which some years have been found as numerous as 3000.
Large amounts of passerine birds are found in the meadow areas. The most numerous passerine birds are steglits (250 at most), ladusvala (500 at most), buskskvätta, stenskvätta, stare (600 at most). Later in autumn Smådopping, dvärgbeckasin, vinterhämpling, svarthakedopping, salskrake and bergand are sometimes found.
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Inre Slätbaken is located east of the town of Söderköping. Parking can be found around Hov and several other places. Click on a P in the map for directions to a parking spot.