Migratory birds

Each autumn about 500 million migratory birds pass over southern Sweden. Some species move during the day and some move at night while others can move both day and night. Migrating birds have to complete their journey as quickly, safely and efficiently as possible. They therefore avoid flying over unknown or dangerous areas. For many birds the Baltic Sea is the first major obstacle on the way south – so they follow the coast as far as possible. Finally they reach the southwest tip of Sweden – Falsterbo. This is the reason for the large concentration of migratory birds at Falsterbo in the autumn. Most spectacular are the raptor migrations. Nowhere else in Sweden can more birds be seen than on a good day at Falsterbo.