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Blankaart

West-Vlaanderen  >  Belgium

A freshwater marsh with reeds, willows, lots of canals and shallow open water creating perfect habitat full of lowland marshland bird species in all seasons.

Tillagd* av Miguel Demeulemeester
Senast uppdaterad 5 november 2024

Beskrivning

Its rich and diverse habitats, most of it protected, create a safe place to forage and breed. Lots of herons in the heronry in summer, including the rare skedstork and most summers rördrom. But it is the reedbed birds that are the real prices here: sävsångare, rörsångare, vassångare, cettisångare, blåhake, skäggmes, brun kärrhök all breed here. Lots of ducks and shorebirds, including one of the last strongholds of rödspov and storspov can be seen displaying. The area also holds vaktel, småfläckig sumphöna and vattenrall and in wet years sometimes kornknarr can be heard! The park and scattered Poplar stands still hold sommargylling and lots of warbler species as well.

In 2024 the area saw two nesting havsörn. The first successful breeding attempt in Belgium.

In winter 1000s of geese (mostly bläsgås, but also increasingly tundrasädgås and vitkindad gås) winter amongst 10000s of bläsand, Skedand, Kricka and many more. ägretthäger come to roost in the willows and both blå kärrhök and brun kärrhök sleep in the large reedbeds.

Many (local) rarities have been found including dvärgsumphöna, dvärgskarv, rallhäger, dammsnäppa, rödstrupig piplärka, pungmes and vattensångare and many more in recent years. Every other year there is a fjällgås or rödhalsad gås in the region. stäpphök and Fiskgjuse halt on their migration. In short: there is always something worth seeing in this remarkable nature reserve managed by Natuurpunt.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

There are quite a few ways to get to the best birding spots. Recently a new gateway to the best places is being build and new watch towers are already in place. The route shown on the map is about 10 km, but of course you can choose to do only a part.

Best way is to enter via the main visitors gate along the Iepersteenweg from Diksmuide to Ieper. It is easily found when you look for the park with large trees when you exit the village of Woumen on your right. There is a visitors centre where you can find an update on the latest sightings, get a map or ask questions (and have a coffee or another drink).

Terräng och habitat

Skog , Våtmark , Spridda träd och buskar , Slätt , Dal , Vassar , Gyttjig strand , Sjö

Förhållanden

Platt , Sumpigt , Öppet landskap

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt , Vår , Vinter

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vårsträck , Vår , Vinter

Rutt

Asfalterad väg , Grusväg

Hur ansträngande vandring

Genomsnittlig vandring

Nås

Till fots

Fågeltorn / plattform

Ja

Extra information

Stay on the paths and trails. In the late autumn through winter and early spring, it can be muddy so wellies are then a must have.

Check https://westland.waarnemingen.be/ for the latest sightings and location of the most interesting birds and other wildlife. See the link below.

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