Lille Vildmose
Coordinates: 56 ° 50 ′ 35 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 40 ″ E
Lille Vildmose (Little Wildmoor) is a raised bog in Himmerland in eastern North Jutland . It is located about 25 km southeast of Aalborg near the Kattegat coast . It is part of Natura 2000 protected area No. 17 ("Lille Vildmose, Tofte Skov og Høstemark Skov"), which was established in 2007 and forms Denmark 's largest FFH protected area with 7,800 hectares .
Large areas belong to the non-profit environmental foundation Aage V. Jensen Naturfond .
flora
Of the original 5,000 hectares, around 2,000 hectares are still in a natural state today. This makes the area the largest intact raised bog area within the northern European deciduous forest zone . The vegetation of the raised bog is dominated by various species of sphagnum, cotton grass and dwarf shrubs. Low moor birches and mountain pines appear only occasionally . The center of the moor is dominated by dry bults and wet gullies . At the edge of the bog there are moist, nutrient-poor sections with acidic soil, which are known as lag zones . In addition to pipe grass , birch and alder also grow here . This zone is well preserved in some places, which is rarely the case even in near-natural raised bogs.
Overall, the peat in the undisturbed, southern section of the bog is 5 meters thick. In the north of the area, the thickness is mostly between 1.50 m and 2 m. To the east of Kongstedlund are the lakes Lillesø and Toftesø, in the area of today's Vildemosegård the now dried up lakes Birkesø and Møllesø. Originally there were other lakes in Vildmose, but they have all silted up.
fauna
The moorland north of Toftesø and Lillesø and the renatured areas north and east of the Torfabbaugebiete are breeding and resting areas of many species of birds including marsh harrier , Montagu's harrier , crane , pheasant and Cormorant . In the south of the area, near the coast and north of Øster Hurup, directly on the secondary route 541, there is an observation tower for bird watching.
In 1998, golden eagles first brooded in Tofte Skov forest , and a second pair settled in Høstemark Skov . Since only three pairs brood regularly in Denmark, their living conditions and rearing are scientifically monitored in detail.
Red deer live in Lille Vildmose . On June 23, 2016, five young moose were initially released in the area; another seven are to follow in autumn. Apart from being an attraction for nature lovers, the moose are supposed to slow down the spread of woody plants. The animals come from southern Sweden and are genetically very similar to the moose that once lived in Denmark until they were extinct.
History of origin
Under the peat layers of the moor there are coastal deposits of the Littorina Sea , which covered the area about 7,000 years ago. Years ago, about 2,500 this part, however, was the sea of sandbars and beach ridges cut off from the Kattegat and there was a brackish water - Lagoon .
In the course of the ongoing land uplift , the lagoon was completely cut off from the sea and developed into a shallow lake with dense reed vegetation. In the higher bank area, a forest area gradually emerged in which the immigrant tree species alder, birch, oak and pine predominated. Over time, the character of the vegetation changed as the climate became more humid. The reeds have been replaced by peat moss , cranberries and fever clover in particular . A little later wandered among others heather , bell heather , crowberry and bog-cotton grass.
The beginning of the bog formation can be dated to around 500 AD. Until the 18th century, peat formation was largely unaffected by human interventions, which since then have taken place continuously in the form of drainage , peat removal and land reclamation for agriculture, until the remains of the raised bog were placed under protection at the end of the 20th century. Nevertheless, peat is still extracted today for use as peat waste. New formation of peat only takes place in the southern section of the raised bog.
During the Second World War , a separate peat railway was built with which the peat extracted could be transported away via a branch line connected to the Aalborg – Hadsund railway line near Gudumholm .
Visitor center
Entering the area on public roads is permitted. The Lille Vildmose Centret visitor center offers natural and cultural history information from March to November. In addition, nature walks are offered regularly from here.
literature
- Steen Andersen, Steen Sjørring (ed.): Det nordlige Jylland (Geologisk set, Vol. 3), Geografforlaget, Brenderup 1997.
Web links
- Lille Vildmose Centret Visitor Center (Danish, English, German)
- Rules for public access naturturist.dk (German and Danish)
- Description of the protected area naturturist.dk (German)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Danish Golden Eagle Project ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. University of Copenhagen Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate , accessed December 6, 2015.
- ^ Forest managers for the raised bog Schleswig-Holsteinische Landeszeitung, 23 November 2015.
- ↑ Peat railway to Lille Vildmose. In: Nordjyllands jernbaner. Retrieved December 8, 2014 (Danish).
- ↑ Bad Babel Fish Translation
