Season: End of august - end of October

Duration: 1 -3 days

Distance: ½ hour from Malmö and 1 hour from Copenhagen.

Birds: Depending of sea-son, see birdlists

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Falsterbo - fantastic migration

Falsterbo
Bird Tour Sweden

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Falsterbo is one of the most famous autumn migration watch-points in Europe. Southern and Western winds are the best for raptors such as Honey Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Red Kite, Osprey and by far the most common raptor, Sparrowhawk (counts can exceed 2,000 birds).

Falsterbo have 3 main watch points,

The south-western point ‘Nabben’ is a large sand dune complex with rough grass and bushes surrounding a golf course. There are tidal pools on the edges of the dunes that are good for wildfowl and waders passing between Sweden and Denmark. This area is a magnet for small birds as it is the last major cover before they leave Sweden. Thousands of passerines can been seen on a day count.

The lighthouse nearby can produce lot of passerines, here extensive ringing is mainly carried out,which is out of bounds to visitors.

The heathlands of Falsterbo `Ljungen’  is the best to watch raptors. Raptors soar and gain height to cross the sea to Denmark. On a good days thousands of raptors of almost all European species can be seen.

If the migration fail, the Scanian Lake area is only 30 minute drive away. There is always eagles and kites to watch.

Every season you will see some rarities at Fal-sterbo. It could be Black Stork, Lesser and Greater Spotted Eagle, Steppe Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Pallid Harrier, Long-tailed Skua, Richards Pipit, Yellow-browed Warbler, Two-barred Crossbill etc. Some year you have invasion species like, tits, woodpeckers, Nutcracker etc.

Seasonal variation of species,

Late August - early September
Common Scoter, Honey Buzzard, Marsh Harrier, Montague's Harrier, Osprey, Black Kite, Merlin, Hobby, Peregrine, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipits, Crossbill, and Ortulan Bunting. In the lagoons lots of waders and terns can be found as Red-necked Phalarope, Broad-billed Sandpiper and Caspian Tern.

Mid September - early October
Barnacle Goose, Brent Goose, ducks and divers, Red Kite, Hen Harrier, White-tailed Eagle, Rough-legged Buzzard, Merlin, Peregrine, Stock Pigeon, Woodlark, Red-throated Pipit, Grey Wagtail, and finches.  

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Nearby localities

The land around Skanör consists of grazed mea-dows, a few cultivated fields, shallow seawater lagoons and sandbanks, as well as a few small woods. This diversity of habitat attracts a rich variety of species and large numbers of birds  including passage mi-grants and breeders.
Here you will find a lot of geese, ducks, waders including Broad-billed Sanpiper and raptors.
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