Svartådalen

Svartådalen

Country:
Sweden
Site number:
436
Area:
1,977.0 ha
Designation date:
12-06-1989
Coordinates:
59°52'40"N 16°19'52"E
  • View over one of the southern bays of the lake Fläcksjön.
  • Old hay barns close to the lake Fläckesjön and its shore meadows.

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Svartådalen is a complex of four nutrient-rich freshwater lakes which support emergent and submerged vegetation and are surrounded by low-lying wet meadows. The lakes are connected by the meandering river Svartän. The area is internationally important for staging whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus), with 2,500 birds representing 4% of the population of north-west mainland Europe; it also supports a diversity of breeding wetland birds. Maintenance of traditional hay-cutting is encouraged by payment of subsidies.

Administrative region: Västmanland

National legal designation:
  • Nature reserve - Fläckebo
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 22-12-2017
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