Cattle bog

Cattle bog IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Southwest of Gifhorn , in the district of Gifhorn in Lower Saxony
surface	302 ha
Identifier	NSG BR 018
WDPA ID	82781
Geographical location	52 ° 27 '  N , 10 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 26 '36 "  N , 10 ° 28' 4"  E
Sea level	from 51 m to 62 m
Setup date	08/02/1979
administration	NLWKN

The Viehmoor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipalities of Leiferde in the joint municipality of Meinersen and Ribbesbüttel in the joint municipality of Isenbüttel in the Gifhorn district .

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG BR 018 is 302  hectares in size. It is located southwest of Gifhorn and east of Leiferde in a 2.4 kilometer long and 1.2 kilometer wide lowland area. The lowland area dates back to the last Ice Age, when fine soil material was blown out of a shallow basin and deposited on the edges as dunes . In this area, the groundwater near Geest a has fen formed. To the north and east, the area is bounded by a range of dunes up to 3 meters high. Mixed forest predominantly grows here . In addition, heather with individual pines can be found on the undulating dunes .

The western part is characterized by former fish ponds with silting zones and reed beds . The pond area with seven ponds extends over an area of ​​around 36 hectares. The south is characterized by large, partly moist to wet grassland areas . In addition, there are former peat- cutting pools with peat moss - swinging lawn societies and beak sedge farmers. Wet locations partially increased Erlenbruchwald .

The nature reserve is an important resting and breeding area for various species of birds and serves as a retreat for plant and animal species bound to dunes, fens and wetlands .

In the southwest, the nature reserve borders on an oil production area. The Naturschutzbund Deutschland operates the NABU species protection center Leiferde on the edge of Leiferde near the nature reserve. Guided tours of the nature reserve are offered from here.

The area has been a nature reserve since August 2, 1979. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Gifhorn.

Autumn evening mood in the NSG Viehmoor

literature

• Florian Preusse: The Viehmoor Nature Reserve, Part 1 - Development and Causes of Risk , AVES Braunschweig 4, 2013, pp. 31–35, ( PDF file , 4.3 MB)
• Florian Preusse: The Viehmoor Nature Reserve Part 2 - Overview of Nonpasseriformes , AVES Braunschweig 5, 2014, pp. 30–36, ( PDF file, 3.2 MB )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bettina Stenftenagel: 7 ponds, 70 bird species , Gifhorner Rundschau , April 3rd of 2009.
2. ^ Viehmoor ( Memento from January 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) , NABU Lower Saxony. Retrieved March 1, 2012.
3. ↑ NABU Species Conservation Center Leiferde . Retrieved March 1, 2012.

Web links

Commons : Viehmoor  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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