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Sweden Sweden bird observatory

Ottenby bird observatory

405 bird species recorded; the most in May and from September to October.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec336at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

L.G.foto · CC BY-SA 4.0

This month here

174 species in January.

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.

Snow Bunting
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorAmasuela - Luis Lafuente Agudín · CC BY-SA 4.0
White-tailed Eagle
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorFerdinando sacchetti · CC BY-SA 4.0
Purple Sandpiper
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorpeterichman · CC BY-SA 2.0
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorПочта России · Public domain
Smew
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gadwall
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUnknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0
Red-throated Loon
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorÓmar Runólfsson · CC BY 2.0
Eurasian Teal
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorKoshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0
Long-tailed duckVU
Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorWolfgang Wander · CC BY-SA 3.0
Greater Scaup
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorChuck Homler d/b/a Focus On Wildlife · CC BY-SA 4.0
Whooper Swan
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorPascal Aleixandre · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Goldeneye
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCalibas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Black Guillemot
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorNo machine-readable author provided. Kelson assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain
Northern Pintail
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorJ.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tufted Duck
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Meadow Pipit
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Common EiderNT
Common EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
DunlinNT
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorMdf , edited by Fir0002 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mute Swan
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentGeni · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shore Lark
Shore LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorImran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorResidentChannel City Camera Club from Santa Barbara, US · CC BY 2.0
Common Scoter
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentStephan Sprinz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Great Cormorant
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Golden Plover
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorBjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

405 species, counted.

92out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 405Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 252Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 25ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 2,434,244Recordsopen records within 2 km
  • 33Raptors
  • 8Owls
  • 55Waders
  • 40Gulls & seabirds
  • 51Ducks & geese
  • 17Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 3Storks & cranes
  • 2Flamingos
  • 164Songbirds
  • 32Other 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 405 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
  • Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • MerlinFalco columbarius
  • Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
  • European HobbyFalco subbuteo
  • Red KiteMilvus milvus
  • European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
  • Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
  • Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
  • Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
  • Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
  • Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
  • Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
  • Short-toed eagleCircaetus gallicus
  • Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliacaVU
  • Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
  • Saker FalconFalco cherrug
  • Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
  • Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
  • Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
  • Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
  • Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
  • Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
  • Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
Owls8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Long-eared OwlAsio otus
  • Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
  • Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
  • Tawny OwlStrix aluco
  • Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
  • Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
  • Western Barn OwlTyto alba
  • Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusVU
Waders55 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
  • Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
  • Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
  • RedshankTringa totanus
  • Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
  • RuffCalidris pugnax
  • Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
  • Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
  • Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
  • Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
  • Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
  • Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
  • Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
  • Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
  • Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
  • SanderlingCalidris alba
  • Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
  • European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
  • Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
  • Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
  • Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
  • Little StintCalidris minuta
  • Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
  • Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
  • Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
  • Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
  • Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
  • Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
  • Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
  • Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
  • Eurasian DotterelCharadrius morinellus
  • Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
  • Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
  • Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
  • Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
  • Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
  • American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
  • Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
  • Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
  • Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
  • Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
  • White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
  • Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
  • Little CurlewNumenius minutus
  • Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
  • Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
  • Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
  • Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
  • Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
  • Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
  • Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
  • Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNT
  • Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
Gulls & seabirds40 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • RazorbillAlca torda
  • Pontic gullLarus cachinnans
  • Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
  • Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
  • Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
  • European Herring GullLarus argentatus
  • Common MurreUria aalge
  • Little TernSternula albifrons
  • Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
  • Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
  • Common GullLarus canus
  • Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
  • Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
  • Common TernSterna hirundo
  • Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
  • Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
  • Black TernChlidonias niger
  • Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
  • Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
  • Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
  • Yellow-billed DiverGavia adamsiiNT
  • Northern gannetMorus bassanus
  • Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
  • Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
  • Common LoonGavia immer
  • Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
  • White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
  • Great skuaStercorarius skua
  • Little AukAlle alle
  • Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
  • Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
  • Sabine's GullXema sabini
  • Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
  • FulmarFulmarus glacialis
  • Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
  • Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
  • Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
  • Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaVU
Ducks & geese51 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Brent GooseBranta bernicla
  • Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
  • Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
  • Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
  • Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
  • GadwallMareca strepera
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  • Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
  • Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
  • Mute SwanCygnus olor
  • Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
  • Northern PintailAnas acuta
  • Eurasian TealAnas crecca
  • Greater ScaupAythya marila
  • Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
  • GoosanderMergus merganser
  • Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
  • Greylag GooseAnser anser
  • Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
  • Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
  • Canada GooseBranta canadensis
  • SmewMergellus albellus
  • GarganeySpatula querquedula
  • Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
  • Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
  • Steller's EiderPolysticta stelleriVU
  • Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisVU
  • Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
  • King EiderSomateria spectabilis
  • Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
  • Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
  • Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
  • Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
  • Black swanCygnus atratus
  • American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
  • Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
  • Snow gooseAnser caerulescens
  • Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
  • Ross's GooseAnser rossii
  • Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsii
  • Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
  • Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
  • Green-winged tealAnas carolinensis
  • Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
  • Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
  • Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
  • Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
  • White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
  • Wood DuckAix sponsa
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
  • Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
  • Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
  • Little EgretEgretta garzetta
  • Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
  • Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
  • Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
  • Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
  • Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
  • Purple heronArdea purpurea
  • Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
  • Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
  • ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common CraneGrus grus
  • White StorkCiconia ciconia
  • Black storkCiconia nigra
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
  • Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds164 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • European RobinErithacus rubecula
  • GoldcrestRegulus regulus
  • Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • Great titParus major
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • WhitethroatSylvia communis
  • Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
  • Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • SkylarkAlauda arvensis
  • European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
  • Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
  • YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
  • Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
  • Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
  • European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
  • Garden WarblerSylvia borin
  • Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
  • DunnockPrunella modularis
  • Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
  • Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
  • Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
  • Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • BramblingFringilla montifringilla
  • Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
  • BluethroatLuscinia svecica
  • RedwingTurdus iliacus
  • Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
  • Western JackdawColoeus monedula
  • WoodlarkLullula arborea
  • Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
  • FieldfareTurdus pilaris
  • Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
  • Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
  • Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
  • Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
  • BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
  • Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
  • TwiteLinaria flavirostris
  • Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
  • Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
  • RookCorvus frugilegus
  • European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
  • WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
  • Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
  • Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
  • Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
  • Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
  • European SerinSerinus serinus
  • Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
  • Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
  • Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  • Ortolan buntingEmberiza hortulana
  • Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
  • Carrion CrowCorvus corone
  • Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
  • Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
  • Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
  • HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
  • Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
  • European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
  • Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  • Coal TitPeriparus ater
  • Northern NutcrackerNucifraga caryocatactes
  • Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
  • Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
  • Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
  • Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
  • Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
  • Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
  • Crested larkGalerida cristata
  • Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
  • Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
  • Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
  • Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
  • Arctic RedpollAcanthis hornemanni
  • Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
  • Hume’s leaf-warblerPhylloscopus humei
  • Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
  • Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
  • Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
  • Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
  • Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
  • White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
  • Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
  • Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
  • Booted WarblerIduna caligata
  • Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
  • Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
  • Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
  • Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
  • Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
  • Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
  • Isabelline wheatearOenanthe isabellina
  • Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
  • Marsh TitPoecile palustris
  • Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
  • Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
  • White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
  • Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
  • Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
  • Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
  • Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
  • Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
  • Willow TitPoecile montanus
  • Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
  • Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
  • Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
  • Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
  • Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
  • Phylloscopus nitidusPhylloscopus nitidus
  • Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
  • Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
  • Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
  • Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
  • Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
  • Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
  • Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
  • Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
  • Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
  • Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
  • Calandra larkMelanocorypha calandra
  • Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
  • Desert WarblerSylvia nana
  • White's ThrushZoothera aurea
  • White-throated robinIrania gutturalis
  • Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator
  • Black-throated Dark-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
  • Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
  • Short-toed treecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
  • Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicolaVU
  • Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
  • Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
  • Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
  • Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
  • Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCR
  • Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
  • Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
  • Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
  • Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibirica
  • Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • Stock DoveColumba oenas
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
  • Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • CootFulica atra
  • Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
  • Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
  • WryneckJynx torquilla
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
  • European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
  • Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
  • Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor
  • Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
  • European Water RailRallus aquaticus
  • Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
  • Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
  • Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • European RollerCoracias garrulus
  • Porzana parvaPorzana parva
  • Macqueen's BustardChlamydotis macqueeniiVU
  • Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
  • Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
  • Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
  • Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
  • Middle Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocoptes medius

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 and from September to October.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan1743°/1°53 mm
  2. Feb1542°/1°44 mm
  3. Mar1893°/1°36 mm
  4. Apr2786°/4°32 mm
  5. May33610°/8°39 mm
  6. Jun30515°/13°44 mm
  7. Jul27718°/16°72 mm
  8. Aug29319°/17°63 mm
  9. Sep31316°/14°52 mm
  10. Oct31711°/10°64 mm
  11. Nov2598°/6°67 mm
  12. Dec1735°/3°61 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Ottenby bird observatory.

Bird observatory in Öland, Sweden

Ottenby bird observatory is a bird observatory in Sweden.

405 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,434,244 open records.

The most recorded are the European Robin, the Dunlin and the Goldcrest.

158 species come for the summer, 80 for the winter and 14 only pass through.

25 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Velvet scoter and Long-tailed duck.

The most species are recorded in May and from September to October.

Ottenby fågelstation med Långe Jan
L.G.foto · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and watch

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Ottenby Vandrarhem & Campingcampsite · 5.5 km · 5 within 10 km
  • Ottenby vandrarhemplace to stay · 5.6 km · 7 within 10 km
  • Kalmar Airport (KLR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 55 km in a straight lineCar hire in KalmarDiscover 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.

Ottenby bird observatory seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 6bird hides within 6 kmN Vindskyddet, Fågelgömsle and 4 more
  • 2observation towers within 6 km
  • 4marked trails within 4 kmVästra markslingan, Kyrkhamnsleden, Norra Lundleden and 1 more
  • 4viewpoints within 5 kmSödra Lundspetsen, Fågelgömsle and 2 more
  • 9car parks within 3 km
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmOttenby Vandrarhem & Camping, Ställplats Ventlinge, Ställplats drottning Öda and 2 more
  • 7places to stay within 10 kmOttenby vandrarhem and 6 more
  • visitor centres within 6 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

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Around Ottenby bird observatory.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The place, as people saw it.

Jan Gezelius flyttfågelmuseum Ottenby 01
Bengt Oberger · CC BY-SA 4.0
En Helgolandsfälla vid Ottenby fågelstation
Gräsgård · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kärrsnäppor Ottenby
Bengt Oberger · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other places nearby.

Ottenby bird observatory

Sweden

  • 92Birdyas Score
  • 405Species
  • 252Migrants
  • 25Threatened

Knisa mosse

Sweden · 99 km

  • 86Birdyas Score
  • 235Species
  • 154Migrants
  • 10Threatened

See the guide

Ertholmene

Denmark · 124 km

  • 87Birdyas Score
  • 233Species
  • 145Migrants
  • 10Threatened

See the guide

National Park Åsnen

Sweden · 116 km

  • 77Birdyas Score
  • 189Species
  • 104Migrants
  • 6Threatened

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q586846) · CC0
Birds2,434,244 open bird records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesIslandyas, Coastya

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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