Area is near railway direction Berlin - Kostryn station Muencheberg. Information and tourists centre are in Buckow. The area has different landscapes like hills until 130 m, small rivers and some lakes. Most well known is lake Kietzer See nearby Altfriedland. In autumn are a couple of tousend gooses there. But also other birds like Black stork Herring Gull White-tailed Eagle Pochard Sholever [Tufted Duck]] and a lot of birds which live in the reed
Nature parc consists 5,2 squarekilomters lakes 109.4 sq forest 69,4 sq agriculture 10,4 sq meadows 10,6 sq villages
more than 1000 different plants 246 different birds ( lots of forest birds ) 60 different butterflies 129 different mussels and snails 11 different bats
also livingplace of rare turtle Emys orbicularis
Cycling tour at 23.07. ( 17 centigrads, mostly covered, medium windy ) Strausberg - Buckow - Altfriedland - round the lakes - Muencheberg
Starling Blackbird Wood Pigeon Collared Dove Jackdaw
Red Kite Black Kite Western Marsh Harrier Buzzard White Wagtail
Jay Green Finch Goldfinch Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Woodpecker
White Swan Greylag Goose Grey Heron Crane Fulica atra
Mallard Common Tern Barn Swallow Black-headed Gull Redstart
Black Redstart Red-backed Shrike Cormorant Magpie Yellow Hammer
Corn Bunting Nuthatch Wren Willow Tit Spotted Flycatcher
Chaffinch Saxicola rubetra Corvus corone corvix
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