Faludden

Faludden is a small peninsula with a lighthouse in the southeast of the Swedish island of Gotland . Faludden extends eastward about five kilometers from Storsudret, the peninsula in the southernmost part of Gotland.

location

The peninsula is about eight kilometers east of Burgsvik , 26 kilometers south of Hemse and 72 kilometers south of Visby.

Nature reserve

Much of the peninsula, 291 hectares, is designated as a bird sanctuary. The salt meadows located there ( Swedish strandangar ) form relatively large, open areas without trees or bushes and are frequented by many birds. Various bird species breed there too, especially waders such as the godwit , oystercatcher , ruff , curlew , redshank , avocet and dunlin . It is therefore forbidden to enter the site between mid-March and the end of June.

Faluddens fyr

The lighthouse was built in 1867 as a decagonal cast iron tower and is painted white.

Web links

Commons : Faludden - collection of images, videos and audio files

Faludden. In: EUNIS. European Environment Agency, accessed January 30, 2013 .

Faludden. länstyrelsen, accessed January 30, 2013 (Swedish).

Faludden Nutura 2000. (PDF; 211 kB) Accessed January 30, 2013 (Swedish).
Faludden fågelskyddsområde. In: guteinfo.com. Retrieved January 30, 2013 (Swedish).
Faludden and stock images. In: guteinfo.com. Retrieved January 30, 2013 (Swedish).

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