Information about bird watching, Insjöslingan

This beautiful freshwater archipelago at Insjön in the middle of Möckeln is full of birdlife where you have a chance to see osprey, black-throated loon, common tern and cormorant.

In early spring, you can hear sparrows singing, woodpeckers tapping tree trunks and experience the close proximity of seabirds. The water at Insjön is a Natura 2000 area and is not part of Möckeln’s fisheries management area. So you are not allowed to fish here. At its deepest, it is 5.6 meters – but around the islands it is considerably shallower. Just south of the bridge between Lång and Höö the threatened pillwort grows along the shoreline. It is easiest to see this when the water level is low.

Please bear in mind that it is forbidden to go ashore on Insjön’s islands during the birds’ breeding season between 1 April and 1 August.

Möckeln is the third largest lake on the southern Smäland lake plateau after Bolmen and Åsnen. Apart from common lake fish such as perch, pike and pike-perch, there are also roach, birch, rudd, ruffe, bleak, vendace, tench and common bream. Möckeln is also one of four lakes in the country where the mythical moth can be found.

Möckeln’s mean water line can vary by two meters, between 137–135 meters above sea level, which is clearly visible on islands and along shorelines. The fact that the water level varies is an important factor for a number of different species along the shores, such as bog-hair grass, pillwort and earth tongue.

The map shows the approximate location of the information sign.