Tāši lake
Access: The route is located 9 km northeast of Grobiņa and 7 km east of Kapsēde, accessible via the V1192 road.
Parking: Vehicles can be parked near Tāši Manor or in any other suitable place, following traffic regulations.
Distance and Time: Route length: 8.5 km. Hiking duration: up to 6 hours on foot. By bicycle: around 2 hours.
Signs and Facilities: None.
Special Notes: None.
Public Transport: None.
Nearby Routes: “Kapsēde,” “Vērgale,” “Durbe Lake.”
Season: In spring and autumn, migrating land and water bird species can be observed. In summer, birds nesting in the park and lake are present. At night, depending on the season, it is possible to detect tawny owls, long-eared owls, and reed birds, including the little crake and spotted crake.
Mode of Movement: The most suitable means of transport are bicycle and car. If traveling on foot, it is recommended to divide the route into shorter sections.
Tāši Lake is included in the list of Important Bird Areas, highlighting its ornithological value. In spring, the area serves as an important resting and feeding site for several hundred ducks, geese, and swans. In the lake’s reed beds, great bitterns, greylag geese, marsh tits, and Savi’s warblers nest. A total of 179 bird species have been recorded in the area.
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Tāši Manor Park is a large complex consisting of several old buildings, a park, and fishponds. White storks, spotted flycatchers, common sandpipers, yellowhammers, and other farmland and parkland birds nest here. In the fishponds, whooper swans, little grebes, moorhens, and garden warblers breed.
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The Wild Horse Pastures serve as feeding grounds for geese and cranes. The short vegetation provides excellent foraging conditions for passerines and waders. In wetter depressions, meadow pipits, song thrushes, wood sandpipers, and common snipes feed.
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Tāši Lake offers rich bird diversity thanks to its vast reed beds and aquatic vegetation. Nesting species include great crested grebes, mute swans, greylag geese, black terns, reed buntings, bearded tits, and reed warblers. During migration, the lake serves as an overnight roost for geese. Rarer species such as white-winged black terns, little bitterns, bluethroats, and red-footed falcons have also been observed.