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Zwartwater Birdwatching Hut

Name: Zwartwater Birdwatching Hut
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Location: Hechtel-Eksel, Maaseik, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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3. Zwartwater Birdwatching Hut – Behind the Zwart Water loop from Hechtel

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March 21, 2025

Close to some small paths and the route of the "orange" walk of Resterheide you will find the Zwartwater here, near the border between Hechtel and Eksel. There is also a birdwatching hut that, like I passed last time, is being renovated. It should be ready again in April 2025.

Zwartwater is a small nature reserve that consists of a shallow body of water that attracts many water birds. This body of water was created when a drainage ditch of a fen that was connected to the Zwarte Beek in the second half of the nineteenth century was partially filled in. This is managed by Natuurpunt.

You cannot walk along the banks, but it is a beautiful spot in the area of the sources of the Bollissenbeek and Zwarte Beek, where you will also find the Begijnenvijver and the Schuilenswijer nature reserve further north.

The bird hide is located across from a small and somewhat older bungalow park that won't bother you if you come here to look at water birds. There is also a path from the road to the bird hide. South of the Zwartwater, the Zwarte Beek rises, near the cycle path of the old railway that also runs close to the bird hide.

More information and beautiful photos by nature photographer Jente Kaprowski who spends a lot of time in the hide (and which is now being renovated) and flower field near the Zwartwater can be found at boslab.be/nieuws/natuurliefhebber-brengt-zwartwater-vogels-prachtig-in-beeld/87

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Location: Hechtel-Eksel, Maaseik, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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