Birds

The place has long been known among Umeå’s bird watchers as a very good spot for birding. During the years 2000-2024 no less than 131 different bird species have been observed in the area (a list of them can be found below). In the spring, you can hear most of the warblers who usually visit the Umeå area here.

Among the woodpeckers, you can find greater and lesser woodpecker, eurasian wryneck and black woodpecker nesting in or adjacent to the arboretum. The grey-headed woodpecker is also a frequent guest, and if you’re really lucky, you can also see such a rare bird as the white-backed woodpecker, in the arboretum, or at least the tracks it has left behind. As for woodpeckers, it is only the european green woodpecker that is conspicuous by its absence at the site, it is unusual for that species to be seen this far north.

In autumn, white-tailed eagles are often seen patrolling the river in search of fish that have become trapped when the river channel is emptied. Vagrant rarities such as red-flanked bluetail, Tarsiger cyanurus (2020) and common firecrest, Regulus ignicapilla (2023) have also visited the area.

We at Arboretum Norr have received the help of the incredibly bird-savvy Lars Edenius at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå to evaluate a list of birds. He has given the species a designation indicating their occurrence. In addition to this, Lars has also given us access to his audio recordings of birdsong from the arboretum (all 47 of the species, marked with an X in the list below). Many thanks Lars!

Click here to go directly to all bird recordings from Baggböle (www.xeno-canto.org).

Where applicable, we also show bird pictures (for about twenty of the species, clickable at the bottom), which are all photographed in the Baggböle arboretum.

Abbreviations:
H = Breeding in or near the arboretum
h = Breeding in the surroundings
T = Temporary

#	English Name	Latin Name	Occurrence	Sound recording
1	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia	h
2	Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	H	X
3	Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris	H	X
4	Eurasian blue tit	Cyanistes caeruleus	H	X
5	Eurasian chaffinch	Fringilla coelebs	H	X
6	Common firecrest	Regulus ignicapilla	T
7	Winchat	Saxicola rubetra	h
8	Blyth’s reed warbler	Acrocephalus dumetorum	T
9	Eurasian bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula	H	X
10	Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	H	X
11	Mistle thrush	Turdus viscivorus	h	X
12	Eurasian goshawk	Accipiter gentilis	h
13	Jack snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus	T
14	Little gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	T
15	Common snipe	Gallinago gallinago	T
16	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	h
17	Common gull	Larus canus	h
18	Common tern	Sterna hirundo	H
19	Grey wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	h	X
20	Common greenshank	Tringa nebularia	T
21	Common chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita	H	X
22	Spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	H	X
23	Hooded crow	Corvus corone cornix	H	X
24	Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	T
25	Grey-headed woodpecker	Picus canus	H	X
26	European herring gull	Larus argentatus	h
27	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	H
28	Wood sandpiper	Tringa glareola	T
29	European greenfinch	Chloris chloris	H	X
30	Eurasian siskin	Spinus spinus	H
31	Wood warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	H	X
32	Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	H	X
33	Western yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava	h
34	Eurasian wren	Troglodytes troglodytes	H	X
35	Common cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	H
36	Eurasian wryneck	Jynx torquilla	H	X
37	Great black-backed gull	Larus marinus	T
38	White-tailed eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	T
39	Long-eared owl	Asio otus	h
40	Western house martin	Delichon urbicum	H
41	Icterine warbler	Hippolais icterina	H	X
42	Dunnock	Prunella modularis	H	X
43	Hazel grouse	Tetrastes bonasia	H	X
44	Western jackdaw	Corvus monedula	H	X
45	Canada goose	Branta canadensis	T
46	Common goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	H
47	Common blackbird	Turdus merula	H	X
48	Common raven	Corvus corax	h
49	Eurasian teal	Anas crecca	h	X
50	Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	H
51	Golden eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	T
52	Marsh warbler	Acrocephalus palustris	T
53	Barn swallow	Hirundo rustica	H
54	Greenish warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides	T
55	Eurasian hobby	Falco subbuteo	T
56	Willow warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	H
57	Red-breasted flycatcher	Ficedula parva	T
58	Lesser spotted woodpecker	Dryobates minor	H	X
59	Red crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	h
60	Eurasian woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	H
61	Thrush nightingale	Luscinia luscinia	T
62	Northern nutcracker	Nucifraga caryocatactes	h
63	Eurasian jay	Garrulus glandarius	T
64	Eurasian nuthatch	Sitta europaea	H	X
65	Common buzzard	Buteo buteo	h
66	Ortolan bunting	Emberiza hortulana	T
67	Eurasian tree sparrow	Passer montanus	H	X
68	Boreal owl	Aegolius funereus	h
69	Common wood pigeon	Columba palumbus	H
70	Ring ouzel	Turdus torquatus	T	X
71	Common rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus	H	X
72	Common redshank	Tringa totanus	T
73	European Robin	Erithacus rubecula	H	X
74	Common redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	H
75	Redwing	Turdus iliacus	H	X
76	Bohemian waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus	T	X
77	Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	T
78	Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea	h
79	Eurasian magpie	Pica pica	H
80	Stock dove	Columba oenas	T
81	Green sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	h
82	Black-headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	h
83	Red-breasted merganser	Mergus serrator	H
84	Eurasian sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus	H
85	Eurasian pygmy owl	Glaucidium passerinum	T
86	Black woodpecker	Dryocopus martius	H	X
87	Common starling	Sturnus vulgaris	H	X
88	European goldfinch	Carduelis carduelis	T
89	Merlin	Falco columbarius	T
90	Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes	H	X
91	Northern wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	h
92	Long-tailed tit	Aegithalos caudatus	H	X
93	Great cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	T
94	Common merganser	Mergus merganser	H	X
95	Eurasian curlew	Numenius arquata	h	X
96	Eurasian oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	T
97	White-throated dipper	Cinclus cinclus	T
98	Great spotted woodpecker	Dendrocopos major	H	X
99	Parrot crossbill	Loxia pytyopsittacus	h
100	Horned grebe	Podiceps auritus	T
101	Eurasian blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla	H	X
102	Coal tit	Periparus ater	H	X
103	European pied flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	H	X
104	Eurasian skylark	Alauda arvensis	h
105	Whooper swan	Cygnus cygnus	T	X
106	White wagtail	Motacilla alba	H
107	Bean goose	Anser fabalis	T
108	Common reed bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus	H
109	Sedge warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	T
110	Red-flanked bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus	T
111	Great tit	Parus major	H	X
112	Pine grosbeak	Pinicola enucleator	T
113	Willow tit	Poecile montanus	T
114	Song thrush	Turdus philomelos	H	X
115	Northern lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	T
116	Common kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	h
117	Common swift	Apus apus	h
118	Common crane	Grus grus	T	X
119	Eurasian three-toed woodpecker	Picoides tridactylus	h
120	Eurasian collared dove	Streptopelia decaocto	T
121	Garden warbler	Sylvia borin	H	X
122	Eurasian treecreeper	Certhia familiaris	H
123	Tree pipit	Anthus trivialis	H
124	Common whitethroat	Curruca communis	H	X
125	Great grey shrike	Lanius excubitor	T
126	Rustic bunting	Emberiza rustica	T
127	Tufted duck	Aythya fuligula	T
128	Twite	Linaria flavirostris	T
129	White-backed woodpecker	Dendrocopos leucotos	T
130	Meadow pipit	Anthus pratensis	h
131	Lesser whitethroat	Curruca curruca	H