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Viikki-En.Pdf Bird paradise Duckboards to Lammassaari Experience Through the ages 300 bird species have been spotted From Vanhankaupunginkoski rapids it is easy to reach in Vanhankaupunginlahti, which is the highest number the nature trail in Pornaistenniemi grove. In front of Helsinki Nature! of bird species spotted in one location in Finland. In the Viikki the bird watching tower is a bird hide from where you 2000s 125 bird species have nested in the area, of which can watch Eurasian coots up close. Sometimes you can around 20 are irregular nesters. catch a flash of a water rail or Eurasian bittern, both of The following activities are which like to stay hidden. permitted in the area Amongst water birds, the most abundant species are the mallard, great crested grebe, common goldeneye The duckboards lead to the bird watching tower on • Walking and skiing on the ice, even in the and mute swan. Small numbers of northern shoveller, Lammassaari. From 1993 an old grazing meadow has garganey, gadwall and Eurasian teal also nest in the been restored in front of it. The meadow is home to the nature reserve • Walking in the summer hut areas area. Species that are found abundantly amongst the Fishing in Eastern Finncattle, which originate in eastern Finland. reeds include the sedge warbler, Eurasian reed warbler • Boating, except in the nature reserve, the Species that nest in the meadow include the common and common reed bunting. The reeds are also home to the rapids redshank, meadow pipit and western yellow wagtail, as borders of which are marked by yellow buoys. the lively long-tailed bearded reedling, which arrived in well as the even yellower citrine wagtail, a great rarity The speed limit is 10 km/h the area in the 1990s. Vanhankaupunginkoski rapids is hailing from the east. • Picking berries and mushrooms Helsinki’s most important fishing • Fishing in areas other than the nature reserve, Around ten lesser spotted woodpecker pairs nest in the spot. Scoop net fishing for whitefish Lammassaari has been leased by Raittiusyhdistys Vanhankaupunginkoski rapids and their backwaters coastal common alder groves. Inhabitants of the coastal is popular in the autumn. Thousands Koitto since 1904. At the top of the island is a sturdy of trout travel up the river to spawn in Viikki are special areas where separate permits are also shrubs include the thrush nightingale, common rose- log assembly house, Pohjolan pirtti (Pohjola Cabin). the Vantaanjoki. Smelt, vimba bream required for angling finch, marsh warbler and Blyth’s reed warbler. Lammassaari is an old working class summer hut area, and European river lamprey spawn A hike to • Walking a dog on a lead. There is a dog park in similar to Kivinokka. Nesting birds of prey include the tawny owl, long-eared in the rapids during the spring. In the Pornaistenniemi Vanhankaupunginlahti owl, Eurasian hobby and northern goshawk. All of our middle of the summer zander trollers • The best spot for swimming is Kivinokka beach bird of prey species can be seen in Viikki during the gather at Vanhankaupunginselkä. The Heading in a better direction migratory period. most abundant fish that are caught in Vanhankaupunginlahti are the com- This El Dorado of birds has been drawing in ornitholo- mon bream, pike and zander. The fish gists since the 1830s, when bird painter Magnus von stocks are diverse, featuring the Euro- Wright began taking hikes here. The following activities are A roaring heron colony pean eel, tench, crucian carp, ide and The grey heron began to nest on the little island of burbot. Species that are introduced Contamination of the water resulted in the loss of a prohibited in the area Loppi (Klobben in Swedish) in 2006. Nowadays the tops into the waters include asp and carp. large proportion of the island’s abundance of birds in of the common alders contain the nests of around thirty the 1960s and 70s. The water quality has improved in • Moving about within the nature reserve when heron pairs. They arrive to their nests built of twigs in Birds that fish in the bay include the recent decades, and benthic fauna, aquatic plant and the water is not frozen, except on the duckboard early spring. The young leave the nest in July. Your best impressive osprey and Caspian tern, water bird populations have recovered. Over the last routes and paths chances of seeing herons are before the leaves arrive on with its rough call, both of which nest 30 years lots of new bird species have begun nesting • Fishing and boating in the nature reserve the trees, with Purolahti and the rocks at Mölylä provid- further out in the sea area. in the area. The whooper swan nested here for the first • Walking on Viikki’s fields when the ground is ing particularly good spots in the morning sun. In the time in 2014. However, the nutrients and murkiness not frozen evenings the colony can be seen from Lammassaari of the clay brought by the river Vantaanjoki are still bird watching tower in ideal lighting. In the still air the impeding the spread of aquatic plants. • Using motor vehicles on the hiking trails or ice • Making fires roar and gacking noises carry from the colony. Wide-spread management work is underway to protect • Letting dogs off the lead the plant and bird populations in the area. Restoration of the coastal pastures has produced good results. Text: Eero Haapanen www.hel.fi/en Photographs: Eero Haapanen and Jari Kostet Illustrations: Jari Kostet > Housing and environment > Layout and map: Mainostoimisto RED, 2016 Nature and green areas Viikki Science Park Diverse Latokartano Viikki’s birds Viikinmäki Vanhankaupunginlahti Lahdenväylä MOOOO! Vanhankaupunginlahti is Helsinki’s bird paradise. The sea Vanhankau- Big Ayrshire cattle bay with its decomposing matter consists of a number of punginkoski ruminate in Viikki’s different wet habitats: alder swamps, coastal meadows, small Take a summer trip pastures. Citrine wagtail to the Power Plant reeded ponds, dense endless reed beds, and shallow water Viikintie Its yellow head is the citrine areas. The shore features recreation paths, bird watching Museum or look for traces of otters at Viikinranta Viikki wagtail’s distinguishing towers, beautiful bedrock areas, old forests and the fields of the ice’s edge dur- Badger feature. This rare bird nests Keinumäki Viikki. ing winter. burrows in Lammassaari’s grazing Hakalanniemi A project inves- meadow every year. By metro to the forest tigating badgers’ Pornais- burrow systems in On the eastern coast of the bay, next to Herttoniemi, are three Spot birds tenniemi Mäyrämetsä forest forested peninsulas: Kivinokka, Fastholma and Mölylä, and from the hide has been ongoing the bedrock areas on the shores offer the perfect spot to get for decades. Eurasian bittern At Pornaistenniemi Hämeentie Ruohokarinniemi A fox? a view of Vanhankaupunginlahti. The best way to get there is bird hide you might Maybe not... The Eurasian bittern uses its from Herttoniemi or Siilitie metro stations. be able to spot the Purolahti beak to spear fish and frogs, as Eurasian coot’s Mölylä Enjoy a pic- well as small mammals and white forehead. nic amongst In the winter finding mammals On the shore of Saunalahti in Kivinokka is the area’s most and traces of them is at its easiest. young birds on occasion. Arabianranta the herons impressive collection of old spruces. Dozens of great crested Loppi However during this period Viikki’s grebe colonies nest in front of Kivinokka. Nowadays the Munch on sand- badgers go into hibernation in their wiches on the reeds have closed Saunalahti off into a pond, which is home burrows in Mäyrämetsä forest. The to plenty of watermilfoil, fennel pondweed and other aquatic Lammassaari bedrock in Mölylä, and ask those with roe deer settled in Viikki in 2010. Water rail plants. From late summer gadwalls, Eurasian wigeons, aythya the telescopes about Now there are a dozen or so roe deer. diving ducks and Eurasian coots gather in the pond. Kokkoluoto the birds. The cry it makes, similar to Get a zander The cloven hoof prints can be seen alongside the paths. During the sum- the squeal of a pig, is a often to bite! Fastholma mer the roe deer are often hidden a giveaway of the water rail’s Protection Kuusiluoto Herttoniemi At Kyläsaari beach amongst the vegetation. Stoats, foxes whereabouts. With a bit of luck, Vanhankaupunginlahti is Helsinki’s biggest nature reserve. you’re in with a Siilitie and raccoon dogs leave tracks all over this prowler can be spotted from A number of parts were protected in 1959, 1962 and 1987. good chance. the ice and beaches. The otter’s foot- Pornaistenniemi’s bird hides. In 2005 the nature reserve area was expanded to include Vanhankaupunginselkä prints are easy to find in the winter Saunalahti. The nature reserve is part of the European Union’s along the edges of the unfrozen areas Natura 2000 network, and the EU has funded conservation Kyläsaari Itäväylä of the Vanhankaupunginkoski rapids. work for the area. In 2015 Mölylä forest and Pornaistenniemi Sauna- Pine martens live in the forest areas coastal grove were added to the nature reserve. Including Common pochard lahti in the east. European water voles and these areas, the nature reserve encompasses almost 350 Kivinokka Eurasian water shrews can be spotted In the late summer the common hectares. Beach Restaurant Café diving into the ditches in Viikki’s pochard can be spotted diving in Herttoniemi fields. Saunalahti. Literature: Markku Mikkola-Roos and Rauno Yrjölä (eds), Nature reserve or Bird watching Viewing point Viikki. Helsingin Vanhankaupunginlahden historiaa ja protected site tower luontoa [Viikki. The History and Nature of Helsinki’s Varjosaari Field Power line Bird hide Lesser spotted woodpecker Vanhankaupunginlahti] Tammi 2000.
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