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Beschrijving
The small river Selz has been renaturalised at this reserve and European Beavers have recolonised as well. Along with an area of flooded marshes, reedbeds, ponds, grassland and scattered riverine woodland, some regionally scarce breeders are present and over the years a wide variety of passage and winter birds have been recorded. Over 200 species are now on the reserve list. A concerted effort in Spring on a good day can produce 70 species at the reserve and along the river.
The main attraction for most will be spring and summer reedbed visitors, such as Blauwborst, Snor and Bruine Kiekendief. Grote Karekiet has become more regular. Baardman appears on passage and in some years has stayed to breed. Buidelmees has bred but nowadays is generally a scarce migrant. There is a Blauwe Reiger colony and scarcer relatives such as Kwak, Kleine Zilverreiger, Woudaap, Purperreiger and Roerdomp have all been recorded in recent years, some regularly.
Passage waders can be found on the pools or flooded grasslands, but this is heavily dependent on weather and water level conditions. More regular are Witgat, Bosruiter, Oeverloper and Groenpootruiter. Tureluur, Bonte Strandloper, Kleine Plevier, Bontbekplevier, Kemphaan and Zwarte Ruiter are no longer regular but also possible. Local scarcities such as Grutto, Kluut, Regenwulp, Krombekstrandloper, Temmincks Strandloper and even Rosse Franjepoot have all been recorded here and along the river. Goudplevier and Morinelplevier have been recorded migrating overhead on occasion.
Kraanvogel, Zwarte Ooievaar and Ooievaar are regular visitors, and the latter has started to breed. The woodlands hold good numbers of Nachtegaal and Wielewaal. Middelste Bonte Specht has recently colonised the area. In adjacent meadows and scrub Grauwe Klauwier, Roodborsttapuit, Gele Kwikstaart and Grauwe Gors can be found on passage and breeding. Steenuil and Ransuil breed, as does Boomvalk, Rode Wouw and Zwarte Wouw.
Wildfowl numbers, mostly dabbing ducks, build up modestly in Spring and Autumn with Wintertaling, Wilde Eend, and Krakeend being the most easily encountered. Visibility can be a challenge with reeds obscuring the pools, so try using a scope from higher ground. In most winters, singles or low numbers of wild geese are recorded among the resident groups of Grauwe Gans, the most regular being Kolgans, followed by Toendrarietgans. A Wilde Zwaan was a recent and unusual overwinterer. Waterpieper is regular on passage and sometimes winter.
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Toegang
Limited free parking is available at a couple of small paved areas next to the L432 between Hahnheim and Sörgenloch. This road is also on a bus-route (652) with the nearest bus-stop at Wahlheimer Hof to the east of the reserve, or alternatively at Sörgenloch to the west. A path, paved only on most of the southern side, circumvents the pools, grassland, and reedbeds. Cycling this part of the southern edge is possible, but other stretches are often high grass (beware of ticks) and can be muddy depending on conditions. An official paved cycling route veers west of the reserve when at the south-western corner but returns to the Selz shortly afterwards. Beaver activity and excessive rain sometimes causes extensive localised flooding.