Pískovna Žizníkov, Natural monument and sand mine in Česká Lípa, Czech Republic.

Pískovna Žizníkov is a protected natural area with sandy dunes and shallow water pools located between several villages. The terrain spans different elevations and was safeguarded after commercial sand extraction ended.

The area was a sand mining site for many years before extraction stopped. In 2018, the location officially became a protected natural monument.

The name Žizníkov comes from the village whose cadastral territory the sandpit lies in, one of three villages (with Heřmaničky and Vítkov) that are now parts of Česká Lípa. The site is a managed reserve: since 2021 new sand dunes and shallow pools have been built and are kept open by machinery so that early-succession species persist.

The location sits on the eastern edge of Česká Lípa and is relatively easy to reach, with a railway line nearby. Wear proper footwear since the ground is sandy and uneven in places.

The target species is the natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita), a critically endangered amphibian in the Czech Republic, not a green toad. An entomological survey recorded 115 beetle and hymenopteran species, eight of which appear on the Czech Red List of invertebrates. The click beetle Paracardiophorus musculus, also IUCN-listed, lives in the sand and gravel here.