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Description
The small river Selz has been renaturalised at this reserve. 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 Синьошийка, Кобилочка солов’їна and Лунь очеретяний. Очеретянка велика has become more regular and Сутора вусата, або синиця вусата appears to have recently colonised. Ремез звичайний has bred but nowadays has generally reduced to being a scarce migrant. There is a Чапля сіра colony and scarcer relatives such as Квак звичайний, Мала біла чапля, Бугайчик, Чапля руда and Бугай водяний 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 Коловодник лісовий, Коловодник болотяний, Коловодник звичайний Коловодник великий, Побережник чорногрудий, Брижач and Коловодник чорний but local scarcities such as Грицик великий, Кульон середній, Побережник червоногрудий, Побережник білохвостий and even Плавунець плоскодзьобий have all been recorded.
Журавель сірий , Лелека білий and Лелека чорний are regular visitors. The woodlands hold good numbers of Соловейко західний and Вивільга звичайна. Дятел середній has recently colonised the area. Сич хатній and Сова вухата breed, as does Підсоколик великий, Шуліка рудий and Шуліка чорний.
Wildfowl numbers build up modestly in Spring and Autumn with Чирянка мала 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 Гуска сіра, the most regular being Гуска білолоба. Щеврик гірський is regular on passage and sometimes winter.
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Access
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 the southern edge is possible, but other stretches are higher grass or muddy depending on conditions.