ハンミンケルンの天然記念物・トップ20

The Bislicher Insel is always a highlight, thousands of birds of all kinds, information from NABU. Always fantastic to drive here.

Beautiful section through the NSG Bislicher Insel. Large meadows (flood protection area) are filled with more or less water (depending on the season and the water level of the Rhine) and thousands of different bird species.

More information can be found here. https://www.rhegionatur.de/fileadmin/rhegio-natur/user_upload/Wasserkraft/2016_11_02_Wasserkraftanlage_Flyer.pdf

Beautiful and interesting waypoint with weir, hydroelectric power station with Archimedean screw and fish ladder. The excursion restaurant nearby is also worth a flying visit.

Nature thirsts for water. Not good times for wildlife at the moment.

In Krechting we have brought the use of hydropower from the past back into the present. Where there used to be a mill, we have built a modern hydroelectric power plant. The Archimedean screw is designed in such a way that fish can safely pass through it. The complex is rounded off by a fish ladder, which enables the river dwellers to ascend and descend, thus significantly improving the living conditions in the river. The optimal functionality of the fish ladder was calculated in cooperation with the Bocholt University of Applied Sciences and is regularly monitored by the local fishing clubs. A trap was installed in the upper area of the fish ladder to monitor the actual fish migration behavior. Since 2006 we have been able to generate up to 250,000 kWh with this system. Converted, this corresponds to an annual consumption of up to 80 households. The facility is located directly on the Aa cycle route and is a popular destination.

The nature reserve Diersfordter Wald also offers two national records: it is the largest contiguous acidic oak forest in North Rhine-Westphalia, in which the largest population of the otherwise rare stag beetle can be found. An attractive hiking route through the Diersfordt forest is also named after the "flying deer", as the Dutch call it.

An almost immaculate cow.