Vilsandi National Park Travel Guide

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Vilsandi National Park is in Saare County of Estonia.

The park includes the island of Vilsandi, 160 other islands and islets, parts of Western Saaremaa and the Harilaid peninsula.

The most characteristic to the landscape are the small islands and islets of the nature park of which Vilsandi is the only one with permanent human inhabitants.

The west and north shore is dominated by dolomite rock bank shore.

Vilsandi is an international bird sanctuary with over 250 recorded bird species (112 nesting). The most famous is the common eider, several thousands pairs nest on the islets. Even in winter you can see flocks of Steller's eiders in the park.

More information about Vilsandi National Park can be found on the official tourist information website of Estonia: http://www.visitestonia.com/en/destinations/national-parks/vilsandi

Part or or all of this text stems from the original article at: http://wikitravel.org/en/Vilsandi_National_Park

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November 30, 2009 new by meelisest