Lilla Karlsö

Lilla Karlsö (Swedish: Little Karl's Island ) is a Swedish island about three miles off the west coast of Gotland. The island is an uninhabited nature reserve, which is 1.3 km ² slightly smaller than the sister island of Stora Karlsö, 66 m above sea level, however, is somewhat higher. The reserve is part of the European network Natura 2000. During the summer season it can be reached by boat from Djupvik.

In a several-hour circular walk you get, mostly led by trained ornithologists across the island. On the wooded southern cliff revealed a small stone ship from the Bronze or Iron Age, that the island was not always deserted. The western cliff has deep caves, which today are 25 or 35 m above sea level. They were rinsed 5,000-10,000 years ago from the limestone and raised by the postglacial land uplift. There is an imposing Rauk at one point. Are vantage points from which the Razorbill and Trottellummenkolonien can be observed on the cliffs on the north coast. On the treeless plateau of Alvar with his extensive orchid fields 200 sheep. These gray or schwarzwolligen animals of an ancient race, which was threatened with extinction, bear the mother and pups horns.