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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 Toppmeisa, Barrmeisa and Skottmeisa together with Glókollur and Gullkollur. Look up when you here a pinecone fall from a tree, this happens when Krossnefur are foraging in the treetops. In this area you can see many different kinds of woodpeckers: Svartspæta, Grænspæta, Fauskspæta, Barrspæta and Barkspæta. The Schwarzenbach river leads to the reservoir lake and hosts Fossbúi and Straumerla. In this area the Húsaskotta is very common, but do look out for the Trafgrípur and even the Næfurfinka 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.