Zwillbrocker Venn

Zwillbrocker Venn is a nature reserve on the Dutch-German border. The forest and swamp area was created after peat was cut here. Many birds perch here, including a colony of about forty flamingos (!). This makes it the northernmost breeding ground in Europe for this tropical pink appearance.

Run now. At the moment the Lachmövensee has no water. Is also very nice to watch

Grandiose 🤗 super beautiful landscape and unique bird life, with a little luck you can see flamingos there dort

Shallow lake where in the spring months (March to July) the world's northernmost flamingo colony resides. We were there in mid-July 2019 and the flamingos already gone. A pity, but I'll be back!

There are nowhere else to see flamingos anywhere. Even though the population that lives here are animals that were originally bred from zoos. Unfortunately nobody told me before that the animals are already in their winter quarters in July. So only a dry fallen moor was admired. The peace was still nice and so the stop was still worth something.

Beautiful resting place - here you can let nature work on you.

To watch flamingos bring a pair of binoculars.

Two dry summers were enough to drive away the flamingos and other animals that have been breeding there for 40 years, perhaps forever. Anyone who still denies climate change should stop by here and think about it. It's nice here anyway, but the situation is serious.

The Zwillbrocker VennFlamingo tourism until the heath wobbles :-)

From the 20th to the 23rd of July 2018 we stayed close to the Biological Station. Could count 7 Young Flamingos. 5 of them can be seen on the second picture of me.
Everyone hopes the water will be enough to get them up to flying.

In order to deepen from the newly created Moorsee the later Flammingoinsel was artificially created. The effort has paid off through the settlement of bird diversity.

Be sure to stop and read why there are flamingos in the Zwillbrocker Venn! Very interesting!

The Zwillbrocker Venn is a beautiful area for hiking or cycling.