Ängsnäset och Stenudden

Ängsnäset is the southernmost part of Ljungen, situated between Falsterbo firing range and Ljunghusen golf course. The area consists of a large lagoon separated from the sea by a long sand spit and surrounded by grazed meadowland. Ängsnäset is probably most famous as the last Swedish breeding site of Kentish Plover and for the first Swedish record of Oriental Pratincole (2001).

Furthermore, it is another good resting place for geese, ducks, waders, gulls and terns. Ängsnäset is also an alternative to Ljungen for observations of the raptor migration in north-westerly winds.

At Ängsnäset, you often walk along the little footpath just north of the lagoon. From the Falsterbo direction, the footpath crosses two brooks. The eastern brook, just by the path, is a reliable site for Jack Snipe in October. In the dryer areas of Ljungen it is possible to find Tawny Pipit in late summer. If water levels are low many calidris waders, gulls and terns rest on a sand bank outside the lagoon and you must walk out to the beach to reach it.

Stenudden is an appropriate observation spot in northerly and north-westerly winds. Raptors, having drifted out across the sea, often battle their way back towards land here and passerine migration may, in the same wind conditions, be stronger here than at Nabben.