Name: Paddepoel Nature Reserve
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Paddepoel Nature Reserve

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Paddepoel Nature Reserve

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Location: Glabbeek, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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1. Paddepoel Nature Reserve – Rozendaalbeekvallei Pond loop from Bunsbeek

10.7km

02:47

70m

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2. Paddepoel Nature Reserve – Rozendaalbeekvallei Pond loop from Wever

9.06km

02:21

50m

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3. Beautiful view – Paddepoel Nature Reserve loop from Bunsbeek

9.54km

02:29

60m

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Jeff S

March 19, 2023

Hear the croaking sound of the toads...

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October 27, 2024

The Paddepoel is partly located in Bunsbeek (Glabbeek) and partly in Vissenaken (Tienen). The area is situated in the middle course of the Velpe valley, between the Daalgemse mill in Vissenaken and the Rotelmolen of Pamelen. That part of the Velpe valley is a large, varied and contiguous area. It consists of marsh, hedges and woods, moist grasslands in the valley and drier grasslands on the valley flank. The more variation in the landscape, the more different plants and animals.

The Velpe still meanders strongly in Paddepoel and the Rozendaalbeek valley. The banks are not artificially reinforced and regularly crumble. The river can still flow freely there. It is a paradise for kingfishers, teals and meadow damselflies.

Source: natuurpunt.be/natuurgebieden/paddepoel-velpevallei-en-rozendaalbeekvallei

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October 27, 2024

In the Paddepoel you will find a unique combination of species such as blue button, caraway, tormentil, cat's thorn, pale sedge, wild bertram and umbrella hawkweed. In early spring, hundreds of wood anemones bloom, a very rare phenomenon in grasslands. The fact that the wood anemones bloom there shows that it is a very old and undisturbed grassland.

Thanks to 25 years of targeted management, several rare species have increased significantly. There are thousands of caraway, one of the largest Flemish populations. Yellow-green sedge first emerged in 2013 and is doing well.

The Paddepoel is home to grasslands with lots of knotweed, sweet grass, large hawkweed and golden oat. In addition, there is a marsh marigold grassland with lots of field rush, two-row sedge and rough bedstraw. Broad-leaved orchis is expected here soon.

Natuurpunt has also dug and restored a number of ponds in the Paddepoel. Salamanders feel very comfortable there. The alpine newt and small newt already live in the oldest part of the Paddepoel, but we hope that the endangered crested newt will also discover the pools.

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Location: Glabbeek, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

Paddepoel Nature Reserve

1. Paddepoel Nature Reserve – Rozendaalbeekvallei Pond loop from Bunsbeek

2. Paddepoel Nature Reserve – Rozendaalbeekvallei Pond loop from Wever

3. Beautiful view – Paddepoel Nature Reserve loop from Bunsbeek

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