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was built in the 18th century and encompassed most of the area west of the bay. All the mansion's buildings, including greenhouses with exotic trees and bushes, have been demolished, but parts of the gardens are still used for
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782:"Vårbyfjärdern - Mälaren"
634:lesser spotted woodpecker
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602:lesser black-backed gull
370:eight-stamened waterwort
598:great black-backed gull
426:autumnal water-starwort
418:alternate water-milfoil
398:various-leaved pondweed
215:Huddinge Municipalities
201:Vårbyfjärden separates
833:Geography of Stockholm
688:Geography of Stockholm
219:Stockholm Municipality
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112:17 m (56 ft)
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753:Stockholm Archipelago
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568:Common birds include
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422:spiked water-milfoil
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300:Environmental impact
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414:Nuttail's waterweed
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538:. The presence of
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732:The Swedish word
590:black-headed gull
540:fourhorn sculpins
374:needle spike-rush
270:allotment gardens
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172:Vårbyfjärden
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167:Vårbyfjärden
43:Vårbyfjärden
19:Vårbyfjärden
672:common frog
586:common gull
469:goat willow
465:grey willow
457:black alder
453:bird cherry
350:yellow iris
205:island and
145:Settlements
81: /
56:Coordinates
827:Categories
815:2008-02-28
796:2008-02-19
775:References
622:grey heron
559:crayfishes
544:Baltic Sea
524:lake trout
496:carp bream
461:bay willow
318:phosphorus
310:stormwater
290:Vårby gård
286:Skärholmen
265:Vårby gård
211:Södertälje
155:References
109:Max. depth
746:Icelandic
614:mute swan
582:merganser
578:goldeneye
382:arrowhead
366:quillwort
358:shoreweed
192:Stockholm
69:17°51′0″E
66:59°16′0″N
682:See also
314:chloride
282:Botkyrka
250:Estonian
246:Jon Jarl
235:Estbröte
223:Albysjön
149:Huddinge
135:Estbröte
749:fjörður
570:mallard
338:cattail
294:Slagsta
257:beacons
229:History
176:Swedish
130:Islands
666:, and
642:osprey
632:, and
620:, and
534:, and
532:salmon
518:, and
512:burbot
508:zander
467:, and
424:, and
288:, and
196:Sweden
184:strait
100:Sweden
742:fjord
734:fjärd
694:Notes
676:toads
516:tench
500:bleak
484:roach
480:perch
449:aspen
261:vörðr
203:Ekerö
180:inlet
178:for "
95:Basin
674:and
648:and
640:and
574:coot
528:char
488:rudd
330:reed
316:and
243:Jarl
213:and
744:or
736:is
445:oak
437:elm
433:ash
194:in
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