Routes Planner Features Updates

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Login or Signup

Bird Sanctuary Behind 't Zwart Water

Bird Sanctuary Behind 't Zwart Water

Highlight • Natural

Bird Sanctuary Behind 't Zwart Water

Hiking

4.7

(28)

Location: Hechtel-Eksel, Maaseik, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

See nearby routes

Tips

March 21, 2025

Hiking

On the path from 't Zwart Water to the forests you will pass grain fields, flower meadows and all kinds of bushes and grasslands. These are partly inaccessible and serve …

Translated by

•

November 2, 2024

Hiking

Here in Hechtel-Eksel the Zwarte beek rises in a low-lying meadow area. As with most Kempen streams there is no real source to be found, but rather a confluence of a number of ditches. Another source branch supplies water from Helchteren. Nearby the Bolissenbeek also originates, but it does not drain the water to the Scheldt basin but to the Maas. So we are in a source area.

Translated by

•

November 2, 2024

Hiking

The common snipe is a pronounced inhabitant of peaty meadows and marshes. With its long beak it searches the ground for insects and other animals. In Flanders only about thirty pairs still breed, of which more than half in the Valley of the Zwarte Beek. In addition to the common snipe, the purple crake and water rail are also rare marsh birds that lead a hidden way of life.

Translated by

•

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Sign up for free

Nearby routes

Best routes near Bird Sanctuary Behind 't Zwart Water

4.5

(29)

216

hikers

#1.

Begijnenvijvers – Bollisenbeek Suspension Bridge loop from Wijchmaal

8.54km

02:09

10m

10m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Navigate with device Send to Phone

Moderate

4.7

(3)

20

hikers

#2.

Large dune with steep descents – Bridge over the Zwarte Beek loop from Hechtel

11.3km

02:52

20m

20m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Navigate with device Send to Phone

Moderate

5.0

(1)

2

hikers

#3.

Begijnenvijvers – Bollisenbeek Suspension Bridge loop from Peer

13.5km

03:23

20m

20m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Navigate with device Send to Phone

Moderate

Details

Informations

Elevation 80 m

Weather

Powered by Foreca

Monday 26 October

19°C

9°C

89 %

Additional weather tips

There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See nearby routes

Location: Hechtel-Eksel, Maaseik, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Uitkijktoren Resterheide

Landduinen van Molenheide

Meandering Dommel

Meanders of the Dommel at Gerismolen

Mijnterril Heusden-Zolder

Hechtelse Duinen

Villa Leirens-Eliaert (ca. 1860)

Rustplaats aan de fietssnelweg F74

Heather Trail in Tenhaagdoornheide Nature Reserve

Schuilenswijer

De Meule Windmill

Sculptures des arbres sont magnifiques à cet endroit.