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Nesting wall for sand martins

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Rietheim

Nesting wall for sand martins

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Location: Rietheim, Bezirk Zurzach, Aargau, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

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1. Aue Chly Rhy Rietheim – Nesting wall for sand martins loop from Rietheim

3.68km

00:56

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Chly Rhy Nature Reserve (Rietheim Rhine Floodplain) – Nesting wall for sand martins loop from Rheinheim

10.8km

02:46

50m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Nesting wall for sand martins – View of the Rhine River loop from Bad Zurzach

18.8km

05:12

270m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Matto

March 31, 2022

Sand Martins naturally build their 80 cm long burrows in sand walls of dynamic rivers. However, since the dynamics of the watercourses have been severely restricted, many such sand walls have disappeared, which also led to a decline in sand martins. In order to promote this, Pro Natura Aargau created a sand embankment for the rare birds in the Chly Rhy conservation area in 2016. Since construction, one side of the sand fill has been cut off every year in March. Over time, wild bees and even a badger inhabited the sand heap, but the longed-for sand martins were a long time coming.

The good news came at the beginning of May 2019: Ambros Ehrensperger, responsible for information and supervision at Chly Rhy, had discovered the first 15 breeding tubes in the sand bed! And just under a month later, 200 tubes could already be counted - a great success!

Source: pronatura-ag.ch/de/rietheim-aue-chly-rhy

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Karin

May 18, 2023

Very exciting how many swallows are breeding in the meantime. It's worth taking your time and watching how they fly very purposefully to "their" cave and disappear into it.

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Location: Rietheim, Bezirk Zurzach, Aargau, Nordwestschweiz, Switzerland

Nesting wall for sand martins

1. Aue Chly Rhy Rietheim – Nesting wall for sand martins loop from Rietheim

2. Chly Rhy Nature Reserve (Rietheim Rhine Floodplain) – Nesting wall for sand martins loop from Rheinheim

3. Nesting wall for sand martins – View of the Rhine River loop from Bad Zurzach

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