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Beemden Landen Nature Reserve

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Beemden Landen Nature Reserve

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Beemden Landen Nature Reserve

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

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1. Path Along the Dormaalbeek – Hay meadow in De Beemden loop from Landen

5.43km

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2. Path Along the Dormaalbeek – Hay meadow in De Beemden loop from Landen

5.95km

01:32

30m

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3. Beemden Landen Nature Reserve loop from Landen

6.64km

01:43

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March 12, 2025

In the midst of the large-scale cultural landscape, this area is one of the last refuges for wild animals and plants in Landen.

Small willow groves spontaneously developed between the ponds, where woodpeckers and golden orioles, among others, make their nests. The relatively pure groundwater in the ponds makes a very varied aquatic life possible, ranging from the large yellow-edged water beetle to dragonflies, fish and kingfishers. The pussy willows around the ponds are particularly striking. They grow quickly, but their branches break off easily. Because they do not contain any hard heartwood, birds such as the green and the great spotted woodpecker use them to carve out their nests. The branches that hang close to the water offer ideal resting or viewing places for wild ducks and blue herons.

They are especially vital for the kingfisher. Sitting on a lookout post, it hunts for rudd, sticklebacks and other aquatic animals in the water. In early summer, white foam drops sometimes fall from the pussy willows: cuckoo spit. It comes from the larvae of the foam cicada, which produce foam and hide in it. Many other insects live on the pussy willows. They are eagerly eaten by insectivorous birds such as the chiffchaff, the willow warbler and the spotted flycatcher.

The bankside vegetation with bulrush, hairy willowherb and marsh sedge offers nesting opportunities for the moorhen and the coot. In summer, many dragonflies and damselflies float above and around the ponds, the most striking of which is the large emperor dragonfly. Swallows hunt for mosquitoes above the ponds. This is therefore the ideal place for a hobby to catch both a swallow and a large dragonfly.

In addition to the various types of grass, you will find plants here that feel at home in a dry, calcareous environment. Striking features include the box pod, the cinquefoil and the wild marjoram. Here you can observe numerous species of butterflies in the summer. From the piled-up area you have a good view of the reed field, the breeding area of the reed warbler, the sedge warbler, the reed bunting and many other marsh birds.

Wood edges screen the hayfield and the berry or nut-bearing shrubs offer shelter and food to birds such as the garden warbler, chiffchaff and jay. On the darkest parts you can sometimes find glowworms in the evening.

Source: natuurpunt.be/natuurgebieden/beemden-landen

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

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Beemden Landen Nature Reserve

1. Path Along the Dormaalbeek – Hay meadow in De Beemden loop from Landen

2. Path Along the Dormaalbeek – Hay meadow in De Beemden loop from Landen

3. Beemden Landen Nature Reserve loop from Landen

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