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Uggleviken

Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0

33% trees around it and 2,322 species recorded.

57Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km33%
  • wild within 10 km77%
  • species recorded2,322

The forest around

33% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 58%Grassland 7%Water 3%Built-up 32%Trees 30%Grassland 6%Wetland 0%Water 26%Built-up 37%Trees 43%Grassland 6%Water 24%Bare ground 0%Built-up 26%Trees 53%Grassland 8%Water 19%Bare ground 0%Built-up 20%33%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km58%
  • 1–3 km30%
  • 3–6 km43%
  • 6–10 km53%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees30%
  • Grassland6%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water26%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up37%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

2,322 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur3,014 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior680 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata653 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides554 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Scots Pine
Scots PinePinus sylvestris491 recordsHello, I am Bruce on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
White Dead-nettle
White Dead-nettleLamium album485 recordsJohann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm ) · Public domain
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa485 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus471 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wych Elm
Wych ElmUlmus glabra469 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus442 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Turkish wartycabbage
Turkish wartycabbageBunias orientalis430 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hedgerow Crane's-bill
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum414 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

57out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 33%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 77%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 2,322Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan-1°-5°46 mm
  2. Feb0°-5°40 mm
  3. Mar3°-3°39 mm
  4. Apr9°1°37 mm
  5. May15°6°50 mm
  6. Jun19°11°78 mm
  7. Jul23°14°70 mm
  8. Aug22°13°72 mm
  9. Sep16°9°55 mm
  10. Oct10°4°63 mm
  11. Nov4°1°61 mm
  12. Dec1°-3°54 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Uggleviken.

Carr in Norra Djurgården, Stockholm, Sweden

Uggleviken is a forest in Sweden.

Seen from space, 33% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 77% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

2,322 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 1,000 fungi, 286 birds and 36 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pedunculate Oak, Ash and Garlic Mustard.

The best time to walk is in June.

Djurgarden Uggle
Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Uggleviken seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 44marked trails within 5 kmLidingöloppet 30 km, Lidingöloppet 15 km, Dalkarlsvägen etapp 11 and 41 more
  • 11named and notable trees within 6 kmPrins Eugens Ek, Äppelträd i Skogaholms köksträdgård, Birger jarls ek and 8 more
  • 353picnic sites within 4 km
  • 93shelters and huts within 6 kmKoltorp and 92 more
  • 121viewpoints within 5 kmFatburen and 120 more
  • 12visitor centres within 6 kmKTH Information center, Sjukhusinformation, City Sightseeing and 9 more
  • 509car parks within 3 km
  • 9campsites within 10 kmLångholmens husbilscamping, Tantolundens husbilscamping, Klubbensborgs camping and 6 more
  • 259places to stay within 10 kmHotel Bentleys, Lilla Rådmannen, Unique Hotel and 256 more
  • 1,085restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Uggleviken.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas24 mountains within 25 km
Observatorielunden1.9 kmMariaberget3.9 kmHammarbytoppen6.5 kmMeditationslunden8.8 kmHökarängstoppen102 m · 11 kmVikingaberget15 kmTelegrafberget22 kmTornberget24 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Fågelöudde9.2 km
Lakeyas23 lakes within 15 km
Brunnsviken1.4 km² · 2.7 kmHammarby sjö0.3 km² · 5.4 kmJärlasjön0.7 km² · 6.9 kmKälltorpssjön0.7 km² · 8.5 kmÄltasjön0.7 km² · 11 kmLångsjön0.3 km² · 12 kmMagelungen2.1 km² · 14 kmÅgestasjön0.3 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Stockholm ObservatoryBortle 9 · 1.9 kmCosmonovaBortle 9 · 1.9 kmSaltsjöbaden ObservatoryBortle 6 · 16 km
Viewyas4 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Makalös3.3 kmKaknästornet3.6 kmFåfängan4.7 kmGroggtornet12 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Skarpnäcksgrottan11 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Djurgarden Uggle 1
Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Trakten omkring Stockholm 1861 (blad 5) Uggleviken, Laduviken, Husarviken
Topografiska korpsen · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Uggleviken

Sweden

  • 57Forestyas Score
  • 33%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 2,322Species

Bergian botanic garden

Sweden · 2 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 49%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 1,858Species

See the guide

Haga park

Sweden · 2 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 44%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 2,327Species

See the guide

Bellevue park

Sweden · 2 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 2,326Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q6981075) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,127,431 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here