Borgfelder Wümmewiesen, Nature reserve in Borgfeld, Germany
The Borgfelder Wümmewiesen is a 688-hectare nature reserve in Bremen's Borgfeld and Oberneuland districts, the city's largest protected area. It is a mostly treeless wet meadow landscape crossed by numerous ditches and small ponds, with sedge beds, tall herb stands, reeds and flood turf. The Wümme flows through its south, and the Wümme north arm borders it in the east. Since the late 1980s many ponds have been dug for amphibians and dragonflies.
The area was included in 1985 in the federal programme for protected natural landscapes of national representative importance. It has been a nature reserve since 3 April 1987, registered under number 7 in Bremen's nature conservation register. A 30 May 2015 regulation reissued the reserve's rules and merged the former Sodenstich reserve into it.
Birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts regularly visit with binoculars and notebooks to document sightings. The observation points serve as gathering places for people interested in local wildlife and ecological changes.
An observation tower at Hollerdeich offers panoramic views of the landscape and is easily accessible by marked paths. Visitors should wear weather-resistant clothing since the open terrain provides little shelter.
The reserve holds a nationally important population of rails (Rallidae), a detail most visitors miss while scanning the meadows for waders. Since the late 1980s numerous small ponds have been dug here, giving amphibians and dragonflies habitat; the Sodenstich reserve to the northwest was folded into the area by decree on 30 May 2015.
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