Bird ringing is the most time consuming activity at the bird observatory, starting after midsummer and continuing for the remainder of the season until the end of September. When the weather is favourable, ringing takes place every morning from sunrise to noon.
Kvismare Bird Observatory needs staff from April to September. Regardless of whether you are a beginner or an experienced ornithologist you may participate in the work at the bird observatory.
The whole field season we need wardens who are able to be in charge of the daily running of the bird observatory. Before midsummer we also need people making censuses, e. g. on the breeding biology of Marsh harriers. After midsummer and to the end of September ringers are needed.
Kvismaren is situated in south central Sweden approximately 20 km southeast from the city of Örebro. The easiest way to reach Kvismaren is by own car, but it is also possible to go by bus route number 724 from Örebro to Norrbyås.
From Örebro: Follow road 207 towards Odensbacken. Turn right and follow signs towards "Naturreservatet Kvismaren" just outside Örebro.
From road 52: Follow signs towards "Naturreservatet Kvismaren" a few km east from Sköllersta.
On June 6, 1919, the famous Swedish ornithologist Erik Rosenberg, at that time sixteen years old, arrived with the train at Hidingsta together with his biology teacher Sven G:son Blomqvist. They made an excursion through the reeds and marshes of Kvismaren and also visited Sörön and the Resta bog. This trip was the start of modern bird watching in the Kvismaren area. Before, Kvismaren was totally unknown from an ornithologists point of view.
Bird ringing is the most time consuming activity at the bird observatory, starting after midsummer and continuing for the remainder of the season until the end of September. When the weather is favourable, ringing takes place every morning from sunrise to noon.
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