Lake Gåsesøen

Lake Gåsesøen

On this tour, we will experience the birds in Lake Gåsesøen (in English this means the Goose lake), which is always worth a visit year-round. We will observe the birds from a bird hide, from where we have the best view of the lake and the surrounding meadows, swamps and forest edge. To get to the bird hide, we will walk on a boardwalk through an old alder swamp that often attracts different paserines. All year-round, the Lake Gåsesøen attracts many dabbling and diving ducks and other waterbirds species such as Coot, grebes, and herons. The many ducks also attracts White-tailed Eagle and Peregrine Falcon that often can be seen by the lake. In summer, both the Red-necked and Little Grebe breeds in the lake, as do several species of dabbling ducks. During winter months, especially Tufted Ducks, Pochard and a few Greater Scaups rest in the lake during daytime. In the alder swamp many birds, especially songbirds and other passerines are searching for food in the trees all year round. We offer a short tour of 1-hour or a longer tour of two hours. On a two-hour tour includes a walk in the forest Ulvshale Skov looking for "forest birds" like Common and Short-toed Treecreeper, Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker.