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Svartåmynning

Östergötland  >  Sweden

Nature reserve on the western shore of the large and shallow lake Roxen. Almost 300 bird species have been recorded in the area.

Tillagd* av Ludwig Gustafsson
Senast uppdaterad 31 mars 2022

Beskrivning

Svartåmynning is a nature reserve on Lake Roxen and a top bird watching area. From one of Svartåmynnings birdwatching towers you get a sweeping view of the lake. Lake Roxen is a large shallow lake with an average depth of 4.8 meters. In Svartåmynning 279 bird species have been seen, and in Roxen as a whole 296 bird spiecies have been seen. In the winter just as the snow dissappeares in February the first spring birds arrive: stare, sånglärka, vinterhämpling, björktrast, snösparv and tofsvipa. As the area around Svartåmynning is one of the first places to become ice free in early march, you can usually find large gatherings of bläsand, tajgasädgås, vigg, grågås, knipa, storskrake, salskrake, kanadagås and Kricka. In late march many of the less common birds can arrive ägretthäger, spetsbergsgås, stjärtand, Skedand and vitkindad gås. At the same time the coastal meadows are filled with: hämpling, ängspiplärka, trädpiplärka and ljungpipare. The first waders also start to appear: rödbena, skogssnäppa, rödspov, enkelbeckasin, storspov and större strandpipare.

In late March the first fjällgås arrive on their route to the mountains. This is one of the few areas where this goose can still be seen regularly. In April even more ducks and geese arrive. Now the first substantial amounts of waders arrive. With them the first mindre strandpipare, småspov, strandskata, kärrsnäppa, gluttsnäppa and brushane are ussually seen. Around Sättuna the very large skrattmås colony starts to form. Around this time you can find dvärgmås in large amounts, and sometimes even the rare svarthuvad mås. At the same time the first terns arrive silvertärna, skräntärna and fisktärna. This is usually the best time for watching marine ducks who often wander to the lake, sometimes in large flocks. The most common of theese are sjöorre and bergand. But svärta, alfågel and ejder are can also be seen. The lake is used by thousands vigg as feeding grounds. On the coastal meadows also often se marine birds like skärpiplärka . In the latter part of april the latest duck årta starts to appear. Now the waders take over with even more species like grönbena, mosnäppa, svartsnäppa and kustpipare even some of the rarest waders are seen quite regularly: myrsnäppa, smalnäbbad simsnäppa, dammsnäppa (not seen every year, has breed once) sibirisk tundrapipare (now seen 4 years in a row). Now the svarttärna and rosenfink also arrive.

In Svartåmynning many rare birdspecies breed. The area has a very large amount of breeding waders: rödbena (common) enkelbeckasin (common), tofsvipa (common), rödspov (Swedens northernmost population of the bird breeds here), mindre strandpipare (uncommon), strandskata (uncommon), storspov (uncommon). On the coastal meadows large amount of ducks and geese also breed. On the ground hämpling, ängspiplärka, törnskata and sånglärka all breed. Fiskgjuse, ormvråk, Pilgrimsfalk, tornfalk, sparvhök, havsörn and brun kärrhök all breed in the area.

As autumn starts to rear its head the waders start to increase again. If the water in Roxen is at the right level hundreds of waders can bee seen. Waders like: grönbena (often 100+), gluttsnäppa (often 30+), större strandpipare (often 100+) brushane (often 200+), mindre strandpipare (often 20+), svartsnäppa (often 50+). In autumn the arctic waders are much more common and in August-September they can be seen in the hundreds: kärrsnäppa (often 300+), kustsnäppa (often 100+), kustpipare (often 50+) spovsnäppa (often 30+). Many quite rare waders are regularly seen at Svartåmynning in autumn like myrsnäppa, sandlöpare, smalnäbbad simsnäppa, roskarl and rödspov (islandica).

During autumn large flock of finches, starlings, wagtails and pipits often congregate on the coastal meadows. In these flock rarer birds like rödstrupig piplärka and lappsparv are often found. When the geese arrive again there can usually be found a few prutgås. When the late autumn arrives and the ducks yet again reach their peak, you can see thousands of vigg (often 5000+) storskrake (has decreased but could once be seen in the thousands in the lake) salskrake (often 1300+, highest concentrations in the country), skäggdopping (often 2000+, highest concentration the country). Among these birds you can sometimes find rarer ducks.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

Just outside of Linköping along the road between Ljungsbro and Linköping. There are three different entrances to the reserve. The south at Sättuna, the middle at Nybrobaden and the north at Sjövik. All of them have bird towers and information signs. The bird towers at Nybrobaden and Sättuna are accessible by wheelchair. Several parking spaces are available. Click on a P in the map to get directions to that point. Marked trails run from the car parks to the bird towers.

Terräng och habitat

Spridda träd och buskar , Slätt , Våtmark , Platt , Flod , Sjö , Skog , Strand , Gyttjig strand , Jordbruk , Vassar , Stad/by

Förhållanden

Platt , Sumpigt , Ingen skugga , Risk för högvattten , Öppet landskap

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Höst , Vår

Rutt

Asfalterad väg

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Till fots , Cykel

Fågeltorn / plattform

Ja

Extra information

Don't disturb the birds. Follow the signs, some of the paths are of limits during the breeding season (April-July)

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