Gråviken

Gråviken is a shrunken bay with a narrow mouth towards Hustegafjärden. The bay has abundant underwater vegetation, which creates very good conditions for a rich wildlife. Gråviken is an important spawning and nursery area for fish.

Gråviken is a bird protection area and you are not allowed to stay on the bay between April 1 and October 31. The bay is also a fish conservation area and it is forbidden to fish in the bay and outside its mouth throughout the year. The bay is largely surrounded by reeds, but from a rocky outcrop west of the bay you can watch the bay's seabirds and from a cliff inside the western part of the bay's mouth you also have a good view of the bay. At the northern shore of the bay there is a viewing bridge. A small bearded seal colony usually nests in the bay, and in some years gadwalls and moorhens also nest there. In the fall, many seabirds rest in the bay. At times, the number of ducks can be large, at most over 200 gadwalls have rested in the bay at the same time.

For a few years now, the meadow to the west of the bay has been grazed, which will hopefully contribute to an even richer bird life and better spawning environments for pike. In the area you can also look out for goshawks, barn owls, bushtits and shrikes, and in late early summer evenings you can listen to nightingales and warblers.