Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors of your lodge?

Southern Dunlin, Ruff, White-Backed Woodpecker, Little Hawk-Eagle, White-Tailed Eagle

Ruff

What is the name of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been operating?

Tuulingu Holiday House since 2005, Tuulingu Guest House since 2013

How best to travel to your lodge?

Floating photo hide, arranging a boat trip by the river, arranging a bird guide

What makes your lodge special?
Location amongst the top 3 in the north by visitors

Great Egret

What are the 10 – 20 most interesting birds that your lodge offers good chances to see?

Sedge Warbler, Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Skylark, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Gadwall, Common Swift, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Long-eared Owl, Bohemian Waxwing, Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Common Buzzard, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Ruff, European Nightjar, European Goldfinch, Kentish Plover, Western Marsh Harrier

Red-breasted Goose

What is the best time to visit your lodge, and why?

• End March – Second part of May: Spring migration to the north
• June: Nesting finishing, young birds
• July – August: Small birds migration
• September – October: Massive migration to the south

Is your lodge involved in conservation efforts? If yes, please describe them.

• Renovation of traditional landscape wooded meadow
• Regularly taking care of the coastal meadow

Grey Heron

What other suggestions can you give to birders interested in visiting your lodge?

Find suggestions from the book “Birding Estonia”

Do you have activities for non-birders? If so, please describe.

Listening to nature without any mechanical voice disturbance, good deep sleep, cleanest air

Montagu’s Harrier

If any reader of 10,000 Birds is interested in staying at your lodge, how can they best contact you?

www.tuulingu.ee, [email protected]

Is there anything else you would like to share with the readers of 10,000 Birds?

With good luck, brown bear and lynx can be seen

All photos except of the lodge by Sven-Olof Ahlgren and used with permission