If one has to choose only one bird area in Estonia, then it should be Matsalu. If one has to choose only one site in Matsalu, it should be Haeska.
So – whyfor?
Maybe it is for Matsalu's 500 km2 territory, its 165 km coastline around the shallow bays, its balanced mixture of small islets, reedbeds, woodlands, floodplains and sea-shore meadows.
Definitely its for unrivalled diversity of migrating and breeding birds and the opportunity to observe it and get personal first-hand experience.
But most of all its the unique feeling of the unobstructed "backyard" of the nature. The feeling of a rediscovered paradise and Yourself being just there in the right moment and watching it with Your own eyes. Well, mostly with Your binoculars and spotting scope.
So why Haeska? It's very simple – on the ultimate edge of Haeska village You can come to the Tuulingu guesthouse, which stands barely 30 metres off the coast.
The guesthouse is in fact a rebuilt old farmhouse, now having the front windows and the cafe terrace right towards the shallow sea and the flat muddy coast, where throughout the spring and half of the summer You can watch the swarming birds. Even with Your morning coffee.
Swans, geese, ducks, grebes, waders, eagles and other birds of prey – all of them fulfilling the panorama. Numerous songbirds in the trees and shrubs, moving past the guesthouse. To get even better panorama You have only to walk 15 metres and climb up the watching tower and almost the whole Matsalu Bay is literally at Your feet.
When You still need some more, it is easily possible to drive around the adjacent locations either in Matsalu National Park or nearby raised bogs, which are just another kind of paradise where the civilization hasn't reached yet. And after some few days it is clear why more than 170 species breed here – and why the north European day-list record of 194 was set in this region in May 2007.
We sincerely hope that we gave you the inspiration!
For futher information on a trip MATSALU – a paradise for birds! Please phone or e-mail us for the detailed itinerary. Tel: +372 5349 6695 / E-mail: info@naturetours.ee
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