Description
The Landschaftspark Hachinger Tal is a 150 hectares area in the south of Munich that is part of the Munich gravel plain. It contains the rest of a heath area and was used as a military airfield from 1933 to 1997, with the runway still existing. From March on, you hear the sound of singing poljski škrjanec from the meadows, in May/June also sometimes prepelica. There are protected areas for meadow breeders, see local signs. In spring there are birdsongs from rumeni strnad and siva pevka in the bushes, while in May/June you find rjavi srakoper and singing vrtna penica, rumeni vrtnik and močvirska trstnica.
During spring and autumn migration good chances of prosnik, repaljščica, kupcar or črnoglavi muhar, with luck also rare migrants like smrdokavra or rjava cipa. In winter especially the little stream (Hachinger Bach) can be interesting, with vodomec, siva pastirica and sometimes kozica or puklež. From time to time several rarities have been observed in the park, like močvirska uharica, črnočeli srakoper and taščična penica.
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Access
The Landschaftspark Hachinger Tal is located in the south of Munich. From Munich you can get there by train (S-Bahn), bus or bike. When you arive by by car there are several parking options: Unterhaching (An der Hachinger Haid), Neubiberg (Auf der Heid), Ottobrunn, (Haidgraben, near Kathi-Weidner-Weg). Click on a P in the map for directions. You can explore the Landschaftspark best on foot or by bike. The circular walking route indicated on the map is about 7,5 km.


