Sodviken (Oland)

Sweden

Overview

This Ramsar Site is an area of coastal meadows with some patches of scrub and a stretch of sandy shoreline bordering shallow seas.

Birds

Notable Species

An important area for breeding marshland birds such as Pied Avocet and Black-tailed Godwit, Little Gull, and sometimes also Kentish Plover at the northernmost limits of its range. Breeding duck include Gadwall, Greater Scaup and Common Eider.

Also provides ideal habitat for passage waders and waterfowl. White-tailed Eagle and Golden Eagle can be seen in small numbers in winter.

Rarities

Terek Sandpiper has been seen and in May 1992 the first Crab Plover for Europe was recorded here.

Check-list

Birds you can see here include:

Greylag Goose, Barnacle Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Common Shelduck, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Common Teal, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup, Common Eider, White-tailed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Pied Avocet, Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Eurasian Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Northern Lapwing, Red Knot, Sanderling, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Common Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Little Gull, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Little Tern, Black Tern, Barred Warbler

Other Wildlife

To do

Site Information

Access and Facilities

Sodviken is on the east coast in the north of A-land and can be reached by road east from Fora church to Husvalla, or the road at Gamla Gastgivaregarden in Sodvik.

Contact Details

To do

External Links

• Welcome to Oland
• BirdLife IBA

Content and images originally posted by Steve