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[edit] Overview

Mon is a small island off the south-east corner of Zealand.

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[edit] Notable Species

It is famous throughout Denmark as a migration watchpoint, particularly in spring when birds such as Bluethroat, Turtle Dove and Red-footed Falcon regularly occur. Lesser White-fronted Goose sometimes occurs on passage in small numbers.

In addition there are interesting breeding birds such as Barred Warbler and Icterine Warbler, Red-backed Shrike and Golden Oriole.

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Birds you can see here include:

Black Stork, White Stork, Mute Swan, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Barnacle Goose, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Mallard, Garganey, Northern Pintail, Garganey, Northern Shoveler, Common Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Common Scoter, Western Honey-Buzzard, Red Kite, Western Marsh Harrier, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Red-footed Falcon, Northern Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Osprey, Spotted Crake, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Pied Avocet, Ringed Plover, Northern Lapwing, Red Knot, Sanderling, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Common Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull, Sandwich Tern, Common Tern, Tawny Owl, Eurasian Wryneck, Thrush Nightingale, Bluethroat, (Sp), Ring Ouzel, Savi's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Eurasian Reed Warbler, Marsh Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Bearded Tit, Red-backed Shrike, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Chaffinch, Common Rosefinch, Ortolan Bunting, Reed Bunting

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[edit] Areas of Interest

[edit] Ulvshale Peninsula

The Ulvshale Peninsula ^[Map]on the northern tip of Mon has woodland and marshes with Ruff and Dunlin, Northern Shoveler and Garganey and beaches that are excellent for passage waders. Often seen here are the Pied Avocet that breed on nearby Nyord Island, along with Greylag Goose, Northern Pintail and Black-tailed Godwit.

[edit] Mons Klint

In the east of the island at Mons Klint ^[Map]there are Peregrine Falcon on steep chalk cliffs, a rare habitat in Denmark, and the woodland and scrub nearby have Barred Warbler and Golden Oriole, also Red-breasted Flycatcher and Greenish Warbler in spring.

[edit] Busene

The woodlands at Busene ^[Map]and Busene Have have Common Rosefinch and Golden Oriole.

[edit] Ostmon

In Ostmon the lake at Busemarke Mose ^[Map] has wetland warblers and Thrush Nightingale, often Spotted Crake and Bearded Reedling.

[edit] Access and Facilities

Mon lies only two hours by road south of Copenhagen.

[edit] Contact Details

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[edit] External Links

• Mon & Falster

1. Mon on Google Maps

Content and images originally posted by Steve