Nature reserves in Southwest Friesland

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Súdermarpolder
Súdermarpolder
 ‘Aan de ene kant van de zeedijk hoor je zomers het IJsselmeerwater klotsen, terwijl aan de andere kant de weidevoge...

Stavoren
Potschar Nature Reserve and Groene Dijk Cycle Track and Footpath
Potschar Nature Reserve and Groene Dijk Cycle Track and Footpath
The Groene Dijk cycle track and footpath along the bank of Sneekermeer Lake and through the Potschar nature reserve leads past bird observation points, a roost used by bats and sand martins and a canoeing route.

Offingawier
Huitebuersterbûtenpolder
Huitebuersterbûtenpolder
Vogels gebruiken de polder als rustgebied, om te broeden en om er voedsel te zoeken. In het meertje van deze polder zijn de rietkragen ’s winters een...

Nijemirdum
Park Jongemastate
Park Jongemastate
“Ik voel mij soms net een schatzoeker, zegt vrijwilligster Alice Jongbloed. Elk voorjaar word ik weer verrast door de mooie stinzenplanten. Is het nie...

Raerd
Rijsterbos
Rijsterbos
The Rijsterbos woods are one of the most famous in Friesland.

Rijs
Jolderenbos
Jolderenbos
The Jolderenbos is one of the oldest forests of Gaasterland. The first trees were planted here more than 300 years ago!

Oudemirdum
Wadden Sea near Zurich - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Wadden Sea near Zurich - UNESCO World Heritage Site
The stretch of Wadden Sea that faces the little village of Zurich nestled at the foot of the dike is the largest UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Netherlands. Twice a day the tide laps against the dike and twice a day it goes a long way out.

Zurich
Makkumerzuidwaard Nature Reserve
Makkumerzuidwaard Nature Reserve
Along the shore of Lake IJsselmeer there are three nature reserves on the sandflats outside the dykes. When Lake IJsselmeer was still the Zuiderzee, these coastal sandflats were flooded by the tides.

Makkum
Skriezekrite Idzegea
Skriezekrite Idzegea
Skriezekrite Idzega is een veenweidegebied van ongeveer 1.800 hectare, waar boeren rekening houden met weidevogels zoals grutto's en kievitten en scholeksters.

Idzega
Joadetsjerkhôf Teakesyl
Joadetsjerkhôf Teakesyl
Op verzoek van de vroegere Joodse gemeenschap van Lemmer beheren wij deze bijzondere plek. Het reguliere onderhoud gebeurt door de stichting joodse be...

Sondel
Gaasterland Forests
Gaasterland Forests
Gaasterland is a patchwork landscape of low hills (gaasten), cliffs and magnificent forests. Including the Rijsterbos forest, which grows down to the edge of Lake IJsselmeer. This is a wonderful area for walking, cycling, horse riding and mountain biking.

Oudemirdum
Workumerwaard
Workumerwaard
Along the IJsselmeer coast, near Workum, nature reserve the Workumerwaard is situated.

Workum
Teroelster Sipen
Teroelster Sipen
Met ruim 18 hectare moeras- en rietland is het een waardevol broedgebied voor vogels die van moeras en riet houden. “Onvermoeibaar zingen de rie...

Langweer
Grote Brekken Nature Reserve
Grote Brekken Nature Reserve
The Grote Brekken (in Frisian Grutte Brekken) nature reserve is also known as Lemster Brekken. The reserve is on reclaimed land near the town of Lemmer. Certain parts of the reserve can be accessed by a special path.

Lemmer
Flietsterbosk Forest
Flietsterbosk Forest
Flietsterbosk is a small but varied recreational forest full of hawthorn, willow, beech, poplar and alder trees. This delightful woodland near the village of Witmarsum attracts a wide variety of birdlife, small mammals, butterflies and insects.

Witmarsum
De Oerpolder
De Oerpolder
Het Heidenschap, een moerassig gebied nabij Workum. 's Winters stond het gebied veelal onder water, 's zomers was het grasland. Friese schrijver Hylke Speerstra schreef er een boek over: hoe de boeren hier vroeger leefden en de harde werkelijkheid.

It Heidenskip
Heanmar
Heanmar
 Op een warme voorjaarsdag ruik je de kruiden en roepen de weidevogels. Deze vier hectare ‘ouderwets’ boerenland is onderdeel van het 137 hectar...

Koudum
Lakes Area near Heeg, Gaastmeer and Oudega
Lakes Area near Heeg, Gaastmeer and Oudega
The lakes area that lies between and surrounds the villages of Heeg, Gaastmeer and Oudega is a unique stretch of unspoilt nature with interconnected small lakes and watercourses lined with reed beds.

Idzegea
Skrok Meadow Bird Reserve
Skrok Meadow Bird Reserve
The Skrok meadow bird reserve between the villages of Wommels and Easterein is a protected area where many birds come to forage and roost. In the spring, the flower-filled grasslands are perfect for nesting.

Wommels
Het Zwin Nature Reserve
Het Zwin Nature Reserve
The Het Zwin (in Frisian It Swin) nature reserve in Gaasterland lies between Lake Fluessen and Lake Slotermeer. The reserve has its own polder lake. Here grassland and reed beds provide habitat for rare marshland species and water birds.

Harich
Mûntsebuorsterpolder
Mûntsebuorsterpolder
 In het voorjaar is het topdrukte in de Mûntsebuorsterpolder. De grote aantallen kleine rietganzen maken dan plaats voor de weidevogels. Onze na...

Nijhuizum
Hegewiersterfjild
Hegewiersterfjild
The Hegewiersterfjild nature reserve near the village of Kimswerd is close to the Wadden Sea. This makes it an attractive breeding ground for waders and meadow birds. Many black-tailed godwits, redshanks, oystercatchers and lapwings nest here in spring.

Kimswerd
Oosterschar Nature Reserve
Oosterschar Nature Reserve
The Oosterschar (in Frisian Easterskar) nature reserve southwest of the town of Joure is a low peat-bog reserve. The landscape features here include old peat pits that were created by peat mining.

Rotstergaast
Rode Klif (Red Cliff) at Lake IJsselmeer
Rode Klif (Red Cliff) at Lake IJsselmeer
At the edge of Lake IJsselmeer there is a red cliff that is 10 metres high. It was formed during the last ice age but one when the land was pushed up by glaciers that advanced from Scandinavia. The forces exerted by the ice created hills in the landscape.

Warns