Keemu observation tower

The little Keemu port on the southern coast of the Matsalu bay offers a view of the midbay islands and the shallow inland bay and coastal meadows pockmarked with tufts of reed.

The small harbour of Keemu, on the south shore of Matsalu bay, has an 8-metre roofed tower with windows opening on every side. It looks over the islands in the middle of the bay, the shallow inner bay dotted with tufts of reed, and wide coastal meadows. Gulls, terns, greylag geese and gadwall nest on the islets, while the meadows are a stopover for flocks of barnacle geese, other geese and cranes and a feeding ground for waders. Spring and autumn migration, when Matsalu fills with birds, is the time to bring binoculars.