Buchhorster alluvial forest

Buchhorster alluvial forest IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View of the Buchhorster alluvial forest
location	north of Nienburg
surface	6.1 ha
Identifier	NSG HA 036
WDPA ID	81482
Geographical location	52 ° 42 '  N , 9 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 41 '51 "  N , 9 ° 10' 38"  E
Sea level	from 22.3 to 43.6
Setup date	04/13/1972
administration	NLWKN

Gray heron in the Buchhorster alluvial forest

The Buchhorster Auwald is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Balge in the Samtgemeinde Marklohe in the district of Nienburg / Weser .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG HA 036 is 6.1  hectares in size. It is completely from the conservation area surrounded "Wesermarsch". The area has been a nature reserve since April 13, 1972. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Nienburg / Weser.

The nature reserve is located northwest of Nienburg in the lowland area of the Weser and protects a mixed oak forest with hornbeams and ash trees as the remainder of an alluvial forest . The forest, which is rich in dead wood, has a pronounced layer of bushes . There is a gray heron colony in the forest , which is looked after by the Nienburger Kreisverband des Naturschutzbund Deutschland .

Web links

Commons : Buchhorster Auwald nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "Buchhorster Auwald" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Projects of NABU Nienburg , website of the Naturschutzbund Deutschland, Kreisverband Nienburg / Weser. Retrieved September 15, 2011.