The 7th symposium on Limnology and Aquatic birds

Symposium field trips

Kristianstad is located in a lowland agricultural region, and it is surrounded by wetlands and frequently flooded farmland. During the last day of the symposium, we will take a boat trip around the wetlands surrounding the town.

Although Kristianstad is in a lowland agricultural area with many eutrophic wetlands, it is very near the boreal with its typical oligotrophic lakes and mires.

Symposium field trips:

Day 1: The first day will be allocated to the agricultural lowlands, where we will visit lakes favoured by many aquatic bird species. We will travel south where the land is fertile and has historically been heavily cultivated to which the many castles can testify. We will make our way to the south westernmost tip of the country where many migrating birds arrive in the spring and which is the region where they are last seen before they leave for the continent in the autumn.

Day 2: On the second day we venture north into the boreal forests. These wetlands and lakes are generally not very productive do not have as many birds, but are much more representative for Scandinavia. There are more than 100 000 lakes in Sweden, and most are oligotrophic. There are also other types of wetlands, such as large swamps and mires. 

In association with Kristianstad University

Last updated by Lisa Dessborn, 25 July 2012