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Lake Rietzer See

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The lake is only 6 km away from Brandenburg. The tower in Rietz is not nice and birds are rare. In the south of the lake is a tower from NABU ( in Trechwitz is an information ).

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260 different kind of birds registered in last 40 years. I have been there different time in spring and summer, so I would say it is ever worth to go there.

End of april is excellent place to hear the sound of the Great Bittern. Best place: go back around 50 m from the view tower to the bridge and than turn right and follow the way along the channel. This is a loop track of 3 km.

In summer very ofter hunt a male of Western Marsh-Harrier near the view tower. In spring Red-necked Grebe looking for fish in the small channel near tower.

breeding ( bp = pairs ) and migration birds ( x ) Little Grebe 5 - 12 bp 235 x, Red-necked Grebe 5 - 15 bp, Black-necked Grebe 40 - 140 bp , Great Cormorant 14 - 49 bp 200 x , Great Bittern 0 - 2 places,

Grey Heron 5 - 30 bp, White Stork 3 - 4 bp, Bean Goose 12.000 x, Greater White-fronted Goose 5.000 x, Greylag Goose 40 - 50 bp 2.400 x,

Eurasian Wigeon 605 x, Gadwall 10 - 20 bp 520 x, Common Teal 310 x, Mallard 2.500 bp, Northern Pintail 0 - 1 bp 65 x, Anas querquedula 10 - 15 bp 120 x,

Northern Shoveler 5 - 10 bp 325 x, Common Pochard 15 - 20 bp 172 x, Common Goldeneye 0 - 2 bp 60 x, Smew 15 x, Black Kite 3 - 4 bp ,

Red Kite 2 - 3 bp, White Tailed Eagle 0 - 1 bp 4 x, Western Marsh-Harrier 5 - 10 bp, Hen Harrier 11 x, Osprey 5 x,

Eurasian Hobby 1 bp, Water Rail 30 - 50 bp, Porzana porzana 3 - 4 calling birds, Porzana parva 0 -1 calling bird, Corncrake 0 -1 calling bird,

Common Crane 10 - 12 bp 350 x, Great Bustard 0 - 1 x, Little Ringed Plover 1 - 5 bp 20 x, Ringed Plover 20 x, Northern Lapwing 18 - 25 bp 2.000 x,

Ruff 0 - 1 breeding femal 400 x, Common Snipe 15 - 25 bp 400 x, Jack Snipe 5 x, Black-tailed Godwit 1 - 3 bp 10 x, Eurasian Curlew 1 - 3 bp 15 x,

Common Redshank 4 - 8 bp 10 x, Wood Sandpiper 480 x, Black-headed Gull 400 - 1.200 bp 2.000 x, Common Tern 2 - 5 bp 20 x, Black Tern 0 - 2 bp 100 x,

Common Kingfisher 2 - 4 bp, Black Woodpecker 2 - 3 bp, Luscinia svecica 7 - 25 bp, Fieldfare 2 - 3 bp , Savi's Warbler 70 ,- 100 bp

Sedge Warbler 80 - 180 bp, Barred Warbler 5 - 8 bp, Bearded Parrotbill 40 - 100 bp, Penduline Tit 3 - 10 bp, Red-backed Shrike 20 - 30 bp,

Ortolan Bunting 3 - 4 bp

original information in german language http://www.luis-bb.de/n/nundl/1999/heft4/S128_136.pdf

Cycling tour on 11.06. ( max. 17 centigrad, 3 - 4 wind ) White-tailed Eagle, Common Buzzard. Black Kite, Eurasian Hobby, Western Marsh-Harrier,

Eurasian Blackbird, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Starling, Eurasian Collared Dove, Greylag Goose,

Grey Heron, White Stork, Common Raven, European Goldfinch, Great Tit,

European Greenfinch, White Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Chaffinch, Eurasian Skylark,

Common Tern, Barn Swallow, Northern House Martin, Common Swift, Yellow Hammer,

Common Magpie, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Black-necked Grebe,

Little Grebe, Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Garganey, Common Pochard,

Northern Shoveler ( lots ), Great Cormorant ( 90 pairs ), Mute Swan ( lots ), Common Crane, Northern Lapwing,

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Common Tern, Black-headed Gull, Red-backed Shrike, Rook,

European Turtle Dove, Rock Dove, Common Pheasant, Eurasian Linnet, Columba palumbus,

Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Fulica atra,

Cycling tour on 02.07.2005 was similar but Gooses collected on meadows saw Reed Bunting, Western Marsh-Harrier came very near to view house nearby Trechwitz.

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Information Infozentrum Trechwitz Neusiedlerstra�e 4 14797 Kloster Lehnin phone/fax 0049 3382 - 741 398

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