De Nachtegaal

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The visitor center from the north, viewed from the parking lot.
De Nachtegaal from the west with a view of the playground and the terrace.
An oyster with oyster plague. The drill holes of the yellow drilling sponge, exhibit in the visitor center, are clearly visible
Display board in the visitor center
Overview board over the outside area of ​​the visitor center
Kreichweiden, recorded in the outdoor area in the area of ​​the Oosthoekduinen

De Nachtegaal is a visitor and nature education center in the municipality of De Panne , located in the far west of the Belgian North Sea coast . About a third of the Belgian dune landscape lies in the municipality . The ecologically valuable areas include De Westhoek (German: The West Corner ), with its more than 500 plant species, and Oosthoekduinen (38 hectares), which are also designated as nature reserves . There are also the Krakeelduinen , the Houtsaegerduinen and the dune forests Kerkepannebos (86 hectares) and Calmeynbos (66 hectares). In Adinkerke there are the 5000 year old fossil dunes, the Cabourduinen . The nature museum and visitor center De Nachtegaal is located between the Calmeynbos dune forest and the Oosthoek nature reserve.

In its building, the visitor center offers a small natural history museum with a large number of exhibits and instructive, multilingual explanations and diagrams on the dynamics and geology of the natural area of ​​the North Sea coast, the coastal sea and its inhabitants, as well as the flora and fauna of the beach , young dune belt, old dunes, Dune forest, its human use and nature protection .

Multilingual documentary and educational films and a media library are also on offer.

Museum education

The area of ​​education and museum education is also the responsibility of the institution. The nature and environmental educators are provided by the NME cell from the Department of Environment, Nature and Energy.

  • There is a children's route through the museum for smaller children
  • Routes 10, 27 and 54 for each children of the first, second or third class of the classes are for groups and primary school offered
  • Schools and families can borrow educational material such as the Grenzpfad backpack (Grenspad-rugzak) or the Brachpieper backpack (Duinpieper-rugzak)
  • Environmental educational packages can be purchased in the shop
  • The media library contains a lot of child-friendly material

The offer for groups includes the field class, the field laboratory, an audiovisual room, cafeteria with open terrace, natural garden and nature walks.

Natural garden in the outdoor area

In the outdoor area, the 11 different biotopes of the dune area can be experienced on a tour in a small area and explained on display boards:

  1. Foredunes
  2. Parabolic dunes
  3. dry undergrowth rich in flowers
  4. young sea ​​buckthorn bushes
  5. old sea buckthorn bushes
  6. wet hollow
  7. Moss dune
  8. Dune pool
  9. species-rich bushes
  10. Dune forest with native plants
  11. Dune forest with newcomers

The center is also a suitable starting point for guided or independent hikes through the dune area. Brochures and maps for further hikes in the entire area are available at the reception desk.

administration

The Vlaams Bezoekers- en Natureducaatie Centrum De Nachtegaal (German: Flemish Visitor and Nature Education Center The Nightingale), the full official name of the facility, official abbreviation VBNC De Nachtegaal , is operated by the Agency for Nature and Forests (Flemish: Agentur voor Natur eb Boos) managed by the Ministry of the Flemish Community .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ west-vlaanderen.be
  2. ↑ Source: German-language leaflet De Nachtegaal from the visitor center
  3. ↑ Source: German-language leaflet De Nachtegaal from the visitor center

Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ′ 29.8 "  N , 2 ° 35 ′ 54.8"  E