Lillsjön, Djurgården

Today transformed into a wetland, it is often mentioned as one of the six lakes in the area, the other being: Laduviken, Uggleviken, Isbladskärret, Lappkärret, and Spegeldammen.

Through a project sponsored by the World Wide Fund for Nature, water was pumped into the small basin reinforced by new embankments.

Reed was also burnt away, and the former lake thus transformed into a shore meadow attracting many birds, starting with northern lapwings in March, followed by common snipes later in spring.

In autumn, many birds rest here on their way south, such as wood sandpipers, common redshanks, greenshanks, and ruffs.

Not only do they attract many Stockholmers of all ages, they also affect the local fauna as they eat reed and tufted hair-grass, thus preventing these species from taking over the area – and thereby allowing space to flowers such as cowslips and bitter vetch, as well as birds and insects attracted by water.