Description
In this northern part of the Nationalpark Schwarzwald you mainly see forest birds. When walking in the forest of you can come across flocks of different kinds of tits, such as sýkora parukářka, sýkora uhelníček and mlynařík dlouhoocasý together with králíček obecný and králíček ohnivý. Look up when you here a pinecone fall from a tree, this happens when křivka obecná are foraging in the treetops. In this area you can see many different kinds of woodpeckers: datel černý, žluna zelená, strakapoud prostřední, strakapoud velký and datlík tříprstý. The Schwarzenbach river leads to the reservoir lake and hosts skorec vodní and konipas horský. In this area the rehek domácí is very common, but do look out for the lejsek bělokrký and even the zvonohlík citronový too.
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Access
There is a carpark in the village of Herrenwies, from where the area can be best explored by foot. Click on a P in the map to get directions to the parking of your choice. There is a tower on top of the Badener Höhe, the Friedrichsturm, which you can climb to overview the area. The circular walk indicated on the map is about 15 km long, but easy to cut in half.
