Dwingelderveld National Park
Dwingelderveld is a national nature reserve that belongs to the Netherlands. It is located in one of the provinces named Drenthe. The main purpose of the organization of the protected area is to preserve the Dwingelderveld wasteland, the largest in all of Western Europe. The National Park has a size of about 38 km2. It is considered the very first protected area of the whole country. The area received the status of a national reserve in 1991.
Dwingelderveld was favored by tourists long before the creation of the reserve, who came here to admire the beauty of the local landscapes.
Near the Dwingelderveld National Park there are several ancient villages with the names Leee, Dwingeloo, Kraloo and others. The piece of land between the villages themselves is the most famous park. A little earlier, beekeeping was actively engaged in here, and even some minerals were mined.
It was precisely because of the invasion of humanity on this earth that the reserve was created, because once there were dense forests here, and today, as you know, wastelands.
The components of the Dwingelderveld Nature Reserve are small lakes that are separated by hills of sand that are overgrown with juniper and other vegetation. Local reservoirs are fed mainly by rainwater, and sometimes, for a while, they turn white due to algae blooming in them.
And it is only thanks to some human activity that the wastelands do not overgrow, because they play a major role in local agriculture, as they are used as pasture.
Dwingelderveld Nature Reserve is famous for the large number of butterflies that live here. In spring and summer, a variety of blooming flowers lures to the park. At this hour, you can see blue gentian, pink erica and many other beautiful wildflowers here.
To preserve the wide variety of butterflies in the reserve, the local workers are focused on saving the wasteland, for which they use the farming methods of our great-grandfathers.
Today, there are about 580 plant species in the Dwingelderveld Park. There are a lot of butterflies circling over the carpets of various colors, and even there is a feeling when you watch this picture that they have flocked here from all over the country. There are also snakes in the reserve, including a copperhead, a viper and a grass snake. As for mammals, roe deer, which roam carelessly in a herd of about 400 individuals, are a striking example of them. The shores of the lakes are filled with nests of at least ten species of birds.
