Wickeder Ostholz nature reserve

NSG Wickeder Ostholz IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
Forest in Wickeder Ostholz in May 2012
location	Dortmund , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	45.5 ha
Identifier	DO-028
WDPA ID	378323
Geographical location	51 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '44 "  N , 7 ° 37' 35"  E
Setup date	2005
Framework plan	Landscape plan Dortmund-Mitte

The Wickeder Ostholz nature reserve is a nature reserve in the Brackel district of Dortmund , in the northeast of Wickede on the border with Unna-Massen and Kamen-Methler . It covers 45.5 hectares. Parts of today's Nature Reserve were first than on 19 January 1996 of protected landscape elements Old Märsch in landscape plan reported Dortmund-Mitte. With the first change to the Dortmund-Mitte landscape plan on September 2, 2005, the nature reserve was established.

description

The reserve covers large parts of the Wickeder Ostholzes , a deciduous forest with oaks , hornbeams , Book , beeches , poplars , ash and sycamore , under grow with forest millet and the grassland Old Märsch consisting of meadows and hedges. The nature reserve is surrounded by intensively used agricultural land. This structurally rich habitat is particularly important as a breeding area for birds.

In addition, since 2007 a new mountain subsidence water body , the Pleckenbrinksee , has formed in the immediate vicinity . This now covers over 5.6 hectares and is 1.5 meters deep at its deepest point. Over 100 bird species have been detected in the protected area, including Goldammer , Whitethroat , hawk , owl , Dove and green woodpecker and the new lake also provides a habitat for birds such as Blässralle , Egyptian goose , Canada goose , lapwing , grebes , Tufted Duck , Pochard , cormorant , teal , mallard and gray herons . In the various scattered Ostholz lying pools, live comb , smooth newt , common toad and frog .

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  Path through Wickeder Ostholz

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  Fungi on a dead tree trunk in the east wood

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  Pools in the Ostholz, spawning waters for amphibians

Protection goals

The most important protection goal is the preservation of a structured forest complex surrounded by hedge-rich cultural landscapes.

See also

• List of nature reserves in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pleckenbrinksee - Securing work on a gas pipeline. ( Memento from November 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Environment Agency of the City of Dortmund, October 7, 2011.
2. ↑ At the Pleckenbrink. In: Bird Watching. Retrieved March 2, 2017 (private website). 

Web links

Commons : Wickeder Ostholz nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve “Wickeder Ostholz” in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Description of the nature reserve on the BUND-Dortmund website, accessed on October 15, 2012 (PDF; 57 kB)