Bird watching in Tiveden



Wednesday 1st of May 2019 and I arrived to Hamgården around 13 thirty. I put my luggage in the cottage and I was in Tiveden National Park just after 2 o´clock.

So if you plan to come here I can really recommend Hamgården Nature Resort Tiveden, just a few minutes ‘drive away from the national park.

Tiveden National Park

If you pass through Laxå driving along highway #E20 you will be surprised. Suddenly there is a roundabout and you leave the highway, turn right if you come from the south. It is about 39km from the roundabout to Tiveden National Park.

Tiveden National park
To find Tiveden National Park

Tiveden National park
Easy to find Tiveden National park

Tiveden National park
Easy to find Tiveden National park

Tiveden National park

Tiveden National park
Last turn in to the gravel road

Tiveden National park
Follow the gravel road until an intersection

Tiveden National park
Go straight for the main entrance and turn right for the Vitsand Entrance

You need to turn 4 times between the roundabout and the gravel road leading to the national park. Right - left - left - right. No worries, there are big signs so it will be very hard to miss. On the gravel road it is about 10km to the main gate. After 5 km you reach an intersection. From there it is about 5km going straight to the main gate.

Turn right and you reach the Vitsand Gate and there are a big parking area. It is a very well maintained national park. Trails with good marking and easy to follow with signs so you know the distance and directions to the destination. All trails have different colour codes so it is easy to stay on the trails.

There are picnic tables and fire places for BBQ at the gate.

Tiveden National park
Boarder to the national park at Vitsand

Tiveden National park
Easy to find your way around the national park

Tiveden National park
Fire place for BBQ

Tiveden National park
Colour coded trails

Tiveden National park
Colour coded trails

Tiveden National park
Colour coded trails

Tiveden National Park map, click HERE. Swedish only but I think you can understand the signs and the coloured trail tracks.


Reaching the intersection and I hear a Common Blackbird next to the road and I bring out my ZOOM H5 Handy recorder. A few cars passing on the gravel road and I have to cut this noise from the recording.

Listen to the Common Blackbird

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy Recorder. High Pass Filter applied in Audacity. Shutter clicks and passing cars cut away from the recording.

The bird sat next to the road when I was driving along the gravel road in Tiveden National Park


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Tiveden National park
Common Blackbird singing next to the road

Tiveden National park
Passing a deer

Tiveden National park
Driving along the “beaver lake”

I turn right and I drive to the Vitsand Gate passing a small lake and I see many trees felt by beavers and I make a mental note to come back early morning to see if I can spot any beavers.

I park the car and I start to walk along a trail, starting with a board walk to some kind of look out terrace. From there it was “rough” terrain. I walked along the trail using my new Mouse Squeeze trying to attract owls.

Primos - PREDATOR MOUSE SQUEEZE
My new Primos - PREDATOR MOUSE SQUEEZE

Primos - PREDATOR MOUSE SQUEEZE

The Mouse Squeeze™ is so simple to operate that anyone can use it on their first try. Because you never blow on it, there’s no moisture to freeze it up.

It is very effective when predators are at a close range and need a little more coaxing to close the deal.

You will be glad you have this easy-to-use call on your next hunt.

• 100% FREEZEPROOF!

• Easiest call ever! Just pick it up and squeeze

• Great close-range coaxer

• Requires minimal hand movement

Primos - PREDATOR MOUSE SQUEEZE


Tiveden National park
White sand beach

Tiveden National park
Board walk

Tiveden National park
Looking for birds in the forest

Tiveden National park
Leaving the trail to explore the woods

I walked along the trail and it was OK to walk and look for birds at the same time. After a few hundred meters it started to get rocky and I turned back. Rocky trail and I would have had to watch every step and then it is not possible to look for birds.

I walked back 50 meters and I left the trail walking up in to the forest. There were a group of Chaffinches and they took off immediately. I sat down and after 10 minutes I could hear the birds again and they were soon back to forge in front of me.

Tiveden National park
Female Chaffinch

Tiveden National park
Back at the gate

I walk back towards the gate and there are many many Chaffinches in the forest and they come out to defend their nests. My Primos - PREDATOR MOUSE SQUEEZE have for sure not been any good to attract any owls, but whole Chaffinch families came out to look if there was any intruders. First the male followed by the female.

So if you want to see Chaffinches you will be OK in Sweden, they are everywhere. And of course, the White Wagtails is to be seen everywhere as well. Leaving Tiveden National Park behind and I spotted a mallard pair in the stream along the gravel road.

They got scared as soon as I stopped the car and the pictures left a whole lot to wish for.

Listen to the Common Chaffinch

Remarks from the Recordist

Recorded with my ZOOM H5 Handy recorder. High Pass Filter applied in Audacity

The forest was full of Chaffinches and they looked to be very defensive of their nests. Some birds was fighting and it looked like the female came out to help the male.


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Common Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, Bofink
Male Common Chaffinch/ Bofink

Common Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, Bofink
Male Common Chaffinch/ Bofink

Tiveden National park
Male and female mallard

Tiveden National park
Male and female mallard

I spent the evening in the cottage and tomorrow morning I will start at Tiveden National Park and then I will meet my Guide at 15:00 and we will go to look for the Great Grey owl. So hang on and click HERE to find out if we have any luck with the owl.




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