Map of the Luleć Archipelago
Type of wildlife experience
The Luleć archipelago has a very rich birdlife, which can be viewed from both sea and land. Seals such as ringed seal and grey seal can also be viewed form both sea and land. The ever so popular elk can be seen wandering around the woodland, best viewed from the car, early morning og late evening. Beavers can also be spotted near the waterfront. Season
Birding: Listening to the owls from March - May, the lek of the capercaille and the black grouse in April and May, breeding season of sea birds in the Bothnia Bay from May - July.
Birding: Listening to the owls from March - May, the lek of the capercaille and the black grouse in April and May, breeding season of sea birds in the Bothnia Bay from May - July.Seals: ItŽs easiest to view seals in the summertime, from June to July but the ringed seal can also be viewed in the winter, from November - December.
Land mammals: Elks can be viewed all year and beavers from May - July
Winter - The ice covered Bothnia BayIn winter, activities such as skiing and skating are very popular, expecially at clear winter evenings, with twinkling stars and vibrant northern lights above. In this time of year flocks of elks can be seen migrating eastwards, and flocks of ringed seals gather at the ice edge.
Spring - Brighter nights and vibrant bird lifeAt this time of year skiing in the white snow is very popular. In the outermost part of the archipelago piles of ice can accumulate into big ice burgs. This is the time of the owl's singing and f the rodent supply is good the owls are abundant. At this time you can also hear the woodpecker's drum, and the lek of the capercaille and the black grouse can also be seen and heard.
Late spring and early summer - sunny nights and migrating birdsThe end of May and the beginning of June is the main birding season in the Luleć area. At this time of sunny summer nights, thousands of migrating geese, cranes and whooper swans pass by in flocks. And the local birdlife is at its peak.
Wildlife experience companies
Natur i Norr, naturinorr@naturinorr.nu, Thomas Öberg, +46 (0) 920 694 96, +46 (0) 70 31474 29
Common birds and anmials
| Birds | ||
| Red-throated Diver | Hazel Hen | Great Grey Owl |
| Red-necked Grebe | Crane | Ural Owl |
| Velvet Scoter | Turnstone | Short-eared Owl |
| Common Scoter | Jack Snipe | Tengmalm's Owl |
| Smew | Temminck's Stint | Greyheaded Woodpecker |
| Bean Goose | Ruff | Threetoed Woodpecker |
| Grey Lag Goose | Arctic Skua | Raven |
|
Barnacle Goose |
Little Gull | Siberian Jay |
| Whooper Swan | Arctic Tern | Dipper |
| White-tailed Eagle | Caspian Tern | Waxwing |
| Osprey | Razorbill | |
| Willow Grouse | Black Guillemot | |
| Black Grouse | Eagle Owl | |
| Capercaille | Pygmy Owl | |
| Sea mammals | ||
| Ringed Seal | Grey Seal | |
| Other animals | ||
| Elk | Reindeer | Muskrat |
| Beaver |
Wildlife
Boat building
Traditional food
Living History
Co-financed by European Union, European Regional Development, Fund, Interreg IIIB Northern Periphery Programme
