| Name | Vilsandi National Park |
| Country | Estonia |
| Geography | The Vilsandi National Park is located on the western coast of the island of Saaremaa. It includes 161 islands and islets. The conservation area was set up to safeguard the islands with special attention to seabirds and coastal plant communities.
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| Description | Vilsandi is situated in Kihelkonna commune, in Saare county and it is the most westward populated island in Estonia. Its area is 9 km2. Its waterway between Vilsandi and Vikati harbour is 10 km long. Its populatioon is 20.
In 1914, one of the first East-European Nature Reserves, was founded - Vaika Birds' Reserve which has developed into present Vilsandi National Park. Vilsandi, the central island of the National Park consists of two islands grown together, which are connected with a narrow neck of land. Tens of thousands seabirds stop, breed, migrate and nest on the surrounding islets of Vilsandi. Vilsandi is numbered among the highest category areas of important international birds' sanctuarities.
Vegetation on Vilsandi is explored for more than hundred years because of aboudance of its typical and rare and unique plants and their associations. Thanks to the protective conditions its fauna is also numerous, among which big population of grey eals deserves drawing attention to.
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