Knisa Bog

After a nice day yesterday with blue skies, the clouds returned and the temperature dropped a few degrees. Today we decided to go for a hike in the morning. Knisa Bog (Knissa mosse in Swedish) is a swamp/lake are just a few kilometers from the cottage and (the following is cut and paste from the Internet) it is a one of Öland’s few untouched wetlands since this type of nature was heavily reduced in the 19th century due to the irrigation systems. Parts of the bog became a nature reserve already in the 1930th and today it’s included in Natura 2000, a list of places that are of national interest for preservation and outdoor life. Knisa Mosse consists of 370 acres where over 50 different birds are nesting.

We did see a few birds, but we are still trying to find out what kind of birds.