Wester-Spätinge

Coordinates: 54 ° 25 ′ 53 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 15 ″  E

Wester-Spätinge​

Schleswig-Holstein

Wester-Spätinge is a nature reserve in the Schleswig-Holstein community of Simonsberg in the district of North Friesland .

General

The nature reserve is 26.68  hectares . It is registered under number 85 in the register of nature reserves of the Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas. It was expelled in 1978 (date of regulation: February 9, 1978). The nature reserve is part of the FFH area “Nature Park Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and Adjacent Coastal Areas” and the EU bird protection area “Ramsar Area Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and Adjacent Coastal Areas”. In the north it borders on the nature reserve “ North Frisian Wadden Sea ”. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of North Friesland.

The area is looked after by the Schleswig-Holstein regional association of the German Nature Conservation Union . This operates a nature station with information boards on the edge of the nature reserve, which is easily visible from the dike. The area is largely fenced and must not be entered.

description

The nature reserve is located southwest of Husum in the north of the Eiderstedt peninsula, directly behind the main dike line in Adolfskoog . It puts a formerly brackish wetland under protection. This emerged from a swampy landscape in the area of ​​an old, silted up arm of the Hever , from which soil was previously removed for the construction of the dyke. After a dyke reinforcement in 1962, the area is becoming increasingly sweet, which has changed the flora and fauna. Salt-loving plants such as samphire and sand aster have increasingly disappeared , while reeds have colonized large areas.

The reed bed areas provide habitat for numerous birds , including ponds and sedge warbler , reed bunting , bittern and marsh harrier . There are also various ducks , railings , seagulls and geese to be found. The reeds are also the habitat of many insects , amphibians and fish .

The nature reserve is of great importance as a resting area for Limikolen , who look for food in the shallow ponds that are partially drying out. So here u. a. Observe dark water striders , avocets , ruff , redshank and snipe . Various ducks such as spoonbills and teals also rest here.

Web links

• NABU nature reserve and nature station “Wester-Spätinge” , NABU Schleswig-Holstein

annotation

1. ↑ “Späting” historically refers to soil extraction points from which material for the construction of the dyke was removed with a spade (“spatula”).

Individual evidence

1. ^ State ordinance on the "Wester-Spätinge" nature reserve of February 9, 1978 , state regulations and state case law, state government Schleswig-Holstein. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
2. ↑ NTP SH Wadden Sea and adjacent coastal areas , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved March 12, 2020.
3. ^ Ramsar area SH Wadden Sea and adjacent coastal areas , profiles of the Natura 2000 areas, Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
4. ^ Supervision of protected areas in Schleswig-Holstein , State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas , April 2017 (PDF, 275 kB). Retrieved March 12, 2020.