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 töyhtötiainen, kuusitiainen and pyrstötiainen together with hippiäinen and tulipäähippiäinen. Look up when you here a pinecone fall from a tree, this happens when pikkukäpylintu are foraging in the treetops. In this area you can see many different kinds of woodpeckers: palokärki, vihertikka, tammitikka, käpytikka and pohjantikka. The Schwarzenbach river leads to the reservoir lake and hosts koskikara and virtavästäräkki. In this area the mustaleppälintu is very common, but do look out for the sepelsieppo and even the sitruunahemppo 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.
