Another male Long-tailed duck. Here you can see the elegant, long tail that has given it its name. The long-tailed duck has always had a strong connection to Sweden. For a long time it formed an important part of the diet of people along the Baltic Sea coasts (in Sweden and in Finland). Nowadays, when the species is classified as "vulnerable" globally and as "threatened" in Scandinavia, the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea is an important refuge. More than a quarter of Europe's long-tailed ducks now winter there.