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Hegte Heyde Nature Reserve

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Hegte Heyde Nature Reserve

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Hegte Heyde Nature Reserve

Name: Hegte Heyde Nature Reserve
Rating: 2

Recommended by 12 hikers

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Location: Zoersel, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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1. View of the Green Plains – Kooldries Old Clay Pit Pond loop from Sint-Antonius

21.4km

05:23

30m

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2. Nooitrust – View of the Green Plains loop from Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor

20.9km

05:16

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3. View of the Green Plains – Zoerselbos Pathways loop from Sint-Antonius

21.0km

05:18

30m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Peter 🥾🐾🌲

March 18, 2025

This area consists of a heathland landscape, which is still rare in the Kempen and which houses specific plants. The sand blue, a low plant with a blue flower, provides summer colours. (natuurpunt.be)

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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën

October 21, 2025

The nature reserve consists of two main parts: grassland and woodland. The poor sandy soil in this area offers only a limited range of plants a chance to thrive. These plants cannot tolerate fertilization and are rare in many places in Flanders. In such "heathless" grasslands, a heather plant occasionally appears.

The grassland is mainly surrounded by coniferous forest. Birch, common oak, and rowan trees thrive among the Scots pines. The speckled wood, a woodland butterfly, loves the open spaces in the forest. Dead wood remains in the forest. In a natural forest, no less than 10 to 15% of the wood is dead! This dead wood is a source of life for all kinds of insects and fungi. Slow worms can also find shelter under it.
Source: natuurpuntvoorkempen.be/gebied-hegte-heyde-detail

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Location: Zoersel, Antwerp, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium

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Hegte Heyde Nature Reserve

1. View of the Green Plains – Kooldries Old Clay Pit Pond loop from Sint-Antonius

2. Nooitrust – View of the Green Plains loop from Sint-Job-in-'t-Goor

3. View of the Green Plains – Zoerselbos Pathways loop from Sint-Antonius

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