Sweden bird observatory
Landsort bird station
316 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
126 species in January.129 species in February.167 species in March.228 species in April.270 species in May.223 species in June.215 species in July.219 species in August.244 species in September.248 species in October.181 species in November.136 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
316 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 316Speciesrecorded more than once
- 205Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 14ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 821,019Recordsopen records within 2 km
- 20Raptors
- 9Owls
- 36Waders
- 34Gulls & seabirds
- 40Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 134Songbirds
- 31Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 316 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Owls9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
- Northern Eagle OwlBubo bubo
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
- Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
- Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
- Great Grey OwlStrix nebulosa
Waders36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Gulls & seabirds34 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common GullLarus canus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Yellow-billed DiverGavia adamsiiNT
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Little AukAlle alle
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
- Ivory GullPagophila eburneaNT
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Ducks & geese40 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SmewMergellus albellus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleriVU
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
- White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds134 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Arctic RedpollAcanthis hornemanni
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Rufous-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Siberian TitPoecile cinctus
- Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Plain Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus neglectus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
Other birds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- European SwiftApus apus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- CootFulica atra
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Porzana parvaPorzana parva
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan2°/0°46 mm
- Feb2°/0°41 mm
- Mar2°/0°35 mm
- Apr5°/3°32 mm
- May9°/7°37 mm
- Jun14°/12°52 mm
- Jul18°/16°58 mm
- Aug18°/17°68 mm
- Sep15°/13°50 mm
- Oct10°/9°61 mm
- Nov7°/5°62 mm
- Dec4°/2°56 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Landsort bird station.
Bird station in Stockholm County
Landsort bird station is a bird observatory in Sweden.
316 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 821,019 open records.
The most recorded are the Goldcrest, the European Robin and the Willow Warbler.
125 species come for the summer, 71 for the winter and 9 only pass through.
14 are threatened worldwide, including Long-tailed duck, Velvet scoter and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Landsorts tältplatscampsite · 2.4 km · 1 within 10 km
- Svedtiljas Livsstilshotellplace to stay · 0.3 km · 3 within 10 km
- Nynäshamnnearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 55 km in a straight lineCar hire at NYO airport (Nyköping)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1observation towers within 6 kmLandsorts lotsutkik
- 2marked trails within 4 kmSAT Etapp Landsort, Öjaleden
- 4viewpoints within 5 kmUtsiktspunk Stångudden, Norrudden and 2 more
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmLandsorts tältplats
- 3places to stay within 10 kmSvedtiljas Livsstilshotell, Landsort Vandrarhem, Landsorts Stuguthyrning
- bird hides within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Landsort bird station.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Islandyasthe islandÖja2.2 km²
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmBredmaren · 0.2 kmSkvallerhamn · 8.9 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Landsort bird station
Sweden
- 90Birdyas Score
- 316Species
- 205Migrants
- 14Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2530171) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 821,019 open bird records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Islandyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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