Birdwatching in Sweden
Birding contacts and birdwatching information
Local Birdingpal Contacts
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Local Birdwatchers
Using the Birdingpal resources you must agree to the following: If you contact a local Birdingpal and make arrangement to go birding, you should note it is common courtesy to make sure you show up for the appointment. If for any reason you are unable to do this, the least you must do is contacting the local Pal right away. Please note that most Birdingpals are serious birdwatchers. It is a privilege to contact them, and your message should reflect it. A local Pal does not get paid, but should he/she offer to take you out birding, using their own vehicle, it would be courteous to pay for the fuel. A lunch and/or a small gift would also be appropriate, something as simple as a souvenir of your country, or a pin from your local birding club. | ||||||
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| L | Hedh | Mariehamn, Åland Islands | Anytime | Swedish/English |
| Åland Islands is one of Sweden's most interesting places considering birds. The islands located in the Swedish southeast coast is a magnet for migrating birds. I have been birdwatching in the area for almost 10 years. | ||||||
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| S | Lemurell | Gothenburg, Bohuslan | Anytime | Swedish/English German |
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| B | Sjoblom | Falun, Dalarna | Weekend | |
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| AH | Kuilderd | Mörkret Fulufjället National Park, Dalarna | Anytime | Swedish/German English/Dutch |
| Fulufjället National park is on our door step, its the most southern National Park in Sweden. We have a program in the area for ringing birds and this information can be see on our web page, with all details of types of birds in the area. We offer Bird watching with a combination of Hiking in the area. | ||||||
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| B | Ollberg | Visby, Gotland | Anytime | Swedish/English Finnish/German |
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| J | Strand | Halmstad, Halland | Anytime | |
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| D | Bengtsson | Kalmar, Oland | Weekend | Swedish/English |
| I spend most of my time in Kalmar, which is close to the Oland and Ottenby Bird Observatory. I have also lived in Shanghai, China, and will return there frequently. | ||||||
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| L | Rydell | Örebro, Närke | Anytime | Swedish/English French/Spanish |
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| S | Schlyter | Falsterbo and Lund, Skåne(Scania) | Anytime | French/German Swedish/English |
| Falsterbo is a word famous bird migration place, birds of prey etc. Lund is in the middle of Scania, where you have both southern and northern types of birds, and many natural reserves (Krankesjern, Vomb etc. nearby). | ||||||
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| B | Waldemarsson | Höllviken, Skåne(Scania) | Anytime | Swedish/English German |
| I live at the Falsterbo Peninsula and have access to a car. | ||||||
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| M | Engstrand | Jonkoping, Skåne(Scania) | Weekend | Swedish/English German |
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| A | Strand | Kristianstad, Skåne(Scania) | Anytime | |
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| G | Knutsson | Kristianstad, Skåne(Scania) | Anytime | |
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| H | Cronert | Kristianstad, Skåne(Scania) | Weekend | Swedish/English |
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| D | Rosenqvist | Lund, Skåne(Scania) | Anytime | |
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| J | Schmidt | Lund, Skåne(Scania) | Anytime | French/English some Spanish/German |
| Come and enjoy the beautiful southern Sweden with tons of migrant and resident birds. Get the best of northern and southern birds. I am a amateur birder with many years experience. Have access to car. | ||||||
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| P | Olsson | Lund, Småland | Anytime | Swedish/English Danish/German |
| I usually spend most of the year in Lund where I am studying environmental engineering. But during the summers I use to be either in Dalarna or at Småland. At Småland I work at the nature museum in Ottenby, and have also worked for some years at the bird observatory there. I will spend this autumn (2009) travelling around in southeast Asia and wont be back in Sweden until Christmas. But I will try to respond to any questions about birding in the areas I mentioned above. In my area in Dalarna the most interesting habitats to visit is old forests with owls, woodpeckers and grouses. At Ottenby it is mainly migrating birds that could be expected, during the summer when I use to be there, the most interesting birding is to look at shorebirds migrating south. Lund is quite close to Falsterbo (40km), which is a good place for migrating birds, but there are also some fresh water lakes in the area around Lund which use to keep plenty of birds as well. Of interest might also be that I do not have acces to a car when I am in Lund. | ||||||
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| M | Berg | Lund, Skåne(Scania) | Weekend | Swedish/English |
| I study Biology at Lunds University and am a keen birder and amateur photographer that spend most of my spare time out in field. | ||||||
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| A | Holgersson | Lund, Skåne(Scania) | Weekend | Swedish/English |
| I'm 58 years old and have been birding for about 40 years. I mostly birding in the South of Sweden but also Western Palearctic. Scania is situated in the south of Sweden: with woods, meadows, wetlands, shore and open sea. In fall there is great migration at the peninsula of Falsterbo. | ||||||
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| M | Lindbladh | Malmö, Skåne(Scania) | Weekend | Swedish/English |
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| R | Dodsworth | Malmö, Skåne(Scania) | Weekend | English/Danish some Swedish, French/German |
| Birdwatching is my hobby, not a ticker. Skåne is an excellent place to watch Scandinavian birds - see www.skof.se for details. I work in Denmark and birdwatch there too. | ||||||
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| F | Litsgård | Jönköping, Småland | Anytime | Swedish/English |
| The area around Lake Vattern is known for it's intense migration during autumn. Capercailie, Black Grouse and Hazelgrouse are also present in the forrest. I myself have been an active birder since childhood in southern Africa and in 2011 I moved to Jönköping from Uppsala(near Stockholm). | ||||||
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| M | Svensson | Lessebo, Småland | Anytime | |
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| L | Petersson | Värnamo, Småland | Anytime | Swedish/English |
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| R | Lindqvist | Värnamo, Småland | Anytime | Swedish/English French/German |
| Close to national wild life park Store Mosse birdsanctuary of eagels nesting, northen species mainly waterfowl. | ||||||
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| P | Österblad | Sölvesborg, South Sweden | Weekend | Swedish/English |
| I`m birding mostly within a radius of about 50km from Sölvesborg. Within this area theres probably the highest biodiversity in Sweden, but note theres none of the northern species. (as an American birder once thought). Next to Sölvesborg (20 min drive) to Kristianstad. Krisitianstad is the community that have most breeding/singing species i Sweden. So this area is quite good... Birding most of my sparetime (exept in midwinter/midsummer (only once or twice weekly - low season), and a keen twitcher. Know/recognice all the birds in the field, from all of europe, both by sight and ear. | ||||||
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| N | Lundin | Stockholm, Uppland | Anytime | |
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| A | Eriksson | Stockholm, Uppland | Anytime | |
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| J | Danielson | Stockholm, Uppland | Weekend | |
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| R | Elleby | Stockholm, Uppland | Weekend | Swedish/English some French |
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| R | Vicente | Stockholm, Uppland | Weekend | Fluent Swedish Spanish/English understand Danish/Norwegian |
| I am 17 years old. I've been birdwatching activly 4½ to 5 years, but I have always been interested in nature. I usually spend most of my time at Landsort bird-observatory since 2005. I have 222 birdspecies at this site. | ||||||
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| T | Viktor | Stockholm, Uppland | Weekend | Swedish/English |
| I study migration in Stockholm SW area during spring and autumn. I am also a very enthusiastic bird survey participiant and responsible for the second Atlas of breeding birds in the Stockholm area consisting of 350 squares (5X5 km). | ||||||
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| K | Sjölund | Stockholm, Uppland | Anytime | Swedish/English |
| Stockholm offers a good varity of birding options, including wintering, breeding and migratory species, all depending on season. I have some 30 years experince birding this region. | ||||||
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| C | Wikstrom | Stockholm, Uppland | Anytime | Swedish/English |
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| M | Grundsten | Stockholm, Uppland/Sodermanland | Anytime | |
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| S | Nillsson | Stockholm, Uppland/Sodermanland | Anytime | |
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| P | Schmidt | Uppsala, Uppland | Weekend | Swedish/English French |
| Specialities in the county of Uppland include owls (Ural, Pygmy, Tengmalm´s etc) and woodpeckers (Black, Grey-headed, Three-toed etc) and to a certain extent game birds like Capercaille, Black Grouse and Hazel Hen. Best time to visit is in March-April when also geese, swans and cranes are on migration. A visit later in May-June is optimal for breeding birds including more easterly warblers such as Blyth´s Reed, Marsh, Grasshopper and River Warbler. Also Red-breasted Flycatcher, Rosefinch and Red-backed Shrike are around, to name a few. Late summer-autumn is good for arctic waders, September-October best for migrating passerines (often best by the coastline) and again geese. November-February is usually very slow but could some years offer invasion species like three species of Crossbills, Pine Grosbeak, Snow Bunting and Hawk-Owl. | ||||||
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| T | Carlsson | Hellefors, Vestmanland | Anytime | Swedish/English |
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| R | Rudhe | Umeå, Västerbotten | Anytime | Swedish/English |
| I'm studying forestry on the Swedish university of agricultural sciences(SLU) in Umeå. Umeå is a great area for birdwatching. The delta of Ume river is good for migrating birds that are recovering before they continue up north, in the spring. Outside Umeå lies Holmoarna, a group of islands which are good for migrating birds such as loons and skuas. | ||||||
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| K | Kjellberg | Falköping, Västergötland | Anytime | Swedish/English |
| I live close to Hornborgasjön one of the biggest wetlands and nature reserves in south Sweden about 2 hours from Gothenburg city centre. | ||||||
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| G | Karlsson | Gothenburg, Västergötland | Anytime | Swedish/English |
| I have been birdwatching in the area for many years and know about different bird locations. | ||||||
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Professional Guides If you contact a professional Birdingpal guide you must be prepared to pay a fee for guiding services. | ||||||
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| E | Mølgaard | Vintrie, Skåne(Scania) | Anytime | English/Swedish Danish |
| Erik’s love of birds and birding began at the age of thirteen. Erik have extensive experience guiding birding tours throughout Southern Sweden and Denmark guided more than 50 bird tours to all seven continents. His favourite continents is South America, where he have been more than 25 times and Antarctica. Since Erik moved to Sweden you can find him nearly all day at Falsterbo studying the famous raptor migration. He is also a specialist in Bulgaria and love to come there every year to watch the rich birdlife Bulgaria have to offer. | ||||||
Local Information
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| Birder friendly lodging | Sweden |
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| Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | Sweden |
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| Local weather | Yahoo |
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| Find lowest prices for field guides, books, maps etc. | BookFinder4U |
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| Bird check list | Printable |
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| Sveriges Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Skånes Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Östra Smålands Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Ölands Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Göteborgs Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Dalslands Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Föreningen Sörmlands Ornitologer | Club |
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| Stockholms Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Upplands Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Närkes Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Dalarnas Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Medelpads Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Ångermanlands Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Jämtlands Läns Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Norrbotten Ornitologiska Förening | Club |
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| Club300 | Latest Sights |
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| Ringmärkningscentralen Sverige | Banding |
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| Tåkerns Fältstation | Banding |
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| Falsterbo Fågelstation | Banding |
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| Ottenby Fågelstation | Banding |
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| Peter Nilsson's Yard Birding | Sites |
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| Birding Hotspots around the world | Sites |
Last update 02/01/2012