Walk and Gaisweiher Bird Sanctuary Nature Reserve

Nature reserveThe walk and Gais ponds located in the southern outer area of the city of Dinkelsbühl, district of Ansbach, including their adjacent bank areas, were designated as a nature reserve in 1984, with a size of 33.9 hectares!
The ponds have a special meaning for the bird world!
e.g .: purple heron and goosanderThe purpose of defining the nature reserve is ..
... to protect the ponds with their silting zones as an undisturbed habitat for a species-rich flora and fauna;
... to secure the breeding and resting biotopes for numerous rare and partly endangered bird species and to keep disturbances away;
... to maintain the living conditions required for the existence of the local bird world, in particular the existing hydrological situation.