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Stenshuvuds National Park

National Park · Sweden

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Photo © Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden

Photo © Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Source: Wikimedia Commons

ABOUT

Where limestone cliffs rise sharply above the Øresund Strait, Stenshuvuds National Park commands the southeastern tip of Skåne, a landscape carved by glaciation into rolling beech forest, open grassland, and dramatic coastal headlands. The park's varied terrain supports the ecological mosaic typical of temperate southern Sweden: dense woodland harbours small forest mammals and breeding songbirds, while the herb-rich meadows attract insects that in turn draw insectivorous birds and their predators. The cliff faces and surrounding scrubland provide habitat for birds of prey and ground-nesting species adapted to open, windswept terrain. The shallow waters of the strait itself teem with seasonal movement—migrant waders and waterfowl use these waters as a crucial refuelling stop on their journeys between northern breeding grounds and southern wintering sites. This convergence of forest, grassland, sea, and cliff creates an unusually rich biodiversity for a relatively compact protected area, where the interplay of elevation, exposure, and maritime influence generates distinct ecological niches within short distances.

For wildlife photographers and birders, Stenshuvuds delivers year-round interest, though autumn and spring migrations transform the park into a focal point for observing seabirds, waders, and raptors in passage. The elevated terrain offers commanding vantage points across the strait toward Denmark, and the shifting light—particularly during golden hour—bathes the limestone cliffs and beech canopy in a photographer's dream palette. Summer visitors find nesting populations of woodland birds and a landscape thick with wildflowers and breeding activity, while winter brings different species composition and often clearer skies for long-distance viewing across the sound. The park's accessibility from the coastal towns of southeastern Skåne, combined with its compact scale and well-maintained trails, makes it ideal for serious naturalists who want diverse habitat types and regular sightings without the logistical demands of remote wilderness. Few places in southern Sweden pack such ecological variety into such readily explorable terrain.

Website sverigesnationalparker.se/park/stenshuvuds-nationalpark

WILDLIFE

Short-eared Owl

Anas platyrhynchos

European Goldfinch

Carduelis carduelis

Corvus frugilegus

Falco tinnunculus

Common Wood Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Eurasian Magpie

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Passer domesticus

Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Common Blackbird

Eurasian Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Emberiza citrinella

Eurasian Nuthatch

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Eurasian Blue Tit

Cyanistes caeruleus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Eurasian Siskin

Troglodytes troglodytes

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

European Greenfinch

Chloris chloris

Larus cachinnans

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Dryobates minor

Motacilla cinerea

Tringa glareola

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

Garrulus glandarius

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

European Green Woodpecker

Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Black Woodpecker

Dryocopus martius

Eurasian Treecreeper

Certhia familiaris

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Poecile palustris

Turdus philomelos

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Recurvirostra avosetta

Calidris pugnax

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Long-tailed Duck

Clangula hyemalis

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Ciconia ciconia

Common Chiffchaff

Phylloscopus collybita

Cuculus canorus

Thalasseus sandvicensis

European Honey Buzzard

Pernis apivorus

European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Acrocephalus palustris

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Western Jackdaw

Coloeus monedula

European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

Lullula arborea

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Aythya fuligula

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Mergus serrator

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

Branta bernicla

Branta canadensis

Melanitta nigra

Fringilla montifringilla

Bohemian Waxwing

Bombycilla garrulus

Somateria mollissima

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

Linaria cannabina

Gallinula chloropus

Common Whitethroat

Curruca communis

Lesser Whitethroat

Curruca curruca

Serinus serinus

Phylloscopus trochilus

Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Calidris alpina

Hirundo rustica

Common Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Common Shelduck

Tadorna tadorna

Branta leucopsis

Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

Great Grey Shrike

Lanius excubitor

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Eurasian Skylark

Alauda arvensis

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Anthus campestris

Riparia riparia

Anthus trivialis

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Great Black-backed Gull

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Regulus regulus

Erithacus rubecula

Saxicola rubetra

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Thrush Nightingale

Luscinia luscinia

Icterine Warbler

Hippolais icterina

European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Red-necked Grebe

Podiceps grisegena

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Pandion haliaetus

Mareca strepera

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Black-throated Loon

Common Redshank

Taiga Bean Goose

Pink-footed Goose

Anser brachyrhynchus

Spatula querquedula

Melanitta fusca

Western Capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus

Podiceps auritus

European Golden Plover

Pluvialis apricaria

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

Gallinago gallinago

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckii

Calidris minuta

Sternula albifrons

Hydroprogne caspia

Sterna paradisaea

Black Guillemot

Red-throated Loon

Aquila chrysaetos

Circus macrourus

Rough-legged Buzzard

Common Kingfisher

Eurasian Wryneck

Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Oriolus oriolus

Lophophanes cristatus

Poecile montanus

Eurasian Penduline Tit

Remiz pendulinus

Long-tailed Tit

Aegithalos caudatus

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Common Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Curruca nisoria

Common Firecrest

Regulus ignicapilla

Turdus viscivorus

Luscinia svecica

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Phoenicurus ochruros

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Prunella modularis

Anthus pratensis

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Acanthis flammea

Parrot Crossbill

Loxia pytyopsittacus

Loxia curvirostra

Plectrophenax nivalis

Common Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

Cygnus columbianus

Northern Pintail

Mergellus albellus

Coturnix coturnix

European Nightjar

Caprimulgus europaeus

White-rumped Swift

Pluvialis squatarola

Purple Sandpiper

Calidris maritima

Hydrocoloeus minutus

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

Long-tailed Jaeger

Stercorarius longicaudus

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinus

Northern Gannet

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

Bearded Reedling

Panurus biarmicus

Eremophila alpestris

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

Blyth's Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus dumetorum

Common Grasshopper Warbler

Locustella naevia

Turdus torquatus

Alpine Accentor

Prunella collaris

Anthus spinoletta

European Rock Pipit

Anthus petrosus

Linaria flavirostris

Two-barred Crossbill

Loxia leucoptera

European Rabbit

Oryctolagus cuniculus

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

European Pine Marten

Yellow-necked Field Mouse

Apodemus flavicollis

Western Roe Deer

Capreolus capreolus

Lepus europaeus

Muscardinus avellanarius

Daubenton's Myotis

Myotis daubentonii

Natterer's Myotis

Myotis nattereri

Nyctalus noctula

Nathusius's Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus nathusii

Soprano Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pygmaeus

Western Barbastelle

Barbastella barbastellus

Brown Long-eared Bat

Plecotus auritus

Mustela nivalis

Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

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Natural environment

Stenshuvuds National Park

Strong seasonal contrast, with cold winters and warmer summers.

Usual climateCold humid with mild summersLowland

Average annual temperature 8.1 °C Average of the twelve monthly means

Average elevation 3 m Lowland

Climate pattern Cold humid with mild summers Main environment around this hotspot

A year of temperatures

Monthly means, with the coldest and warmest highlighted

Monthly minimum · February 0.8 °C Monthly maximum · August 16.8 °C

Global temperature scale

−40°−20°0°20°40°

Terrain and elevation

3 m · Lowland

Average terrain elevation estimate across the hotspot; the figure does not represent its highest summits.

Elevation scale

3 m

02,0004,0006,0008,000m

Lowland

Long-term climate averages, not live weather.

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