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Heidschnucken
Heather blossoming
Seasons in the nature reserve
Spring in the "Stühbusch"
Spring: Bench in the nature reserve
Summer: Thyme blossom in July
Summer: Thyme blossom in July
Autumn: leaves changing colour in the nature reserve
Autumn: Carriage ride in the nature reserve
Autumn atmosphere in October in the nature reserve
Autumn: Roe deer encounter on autumn morning
November: Hoarfrost in the "Meninger Heide"
November: Oak leaves with hoarfrost
Winter heath landscape with hoarfrost
Winter landscape with snow
Winter: Bare trees with hoarfrost in the nature reserve
Winter landscape with hoarfrost
Winter: Heidschnucken in the snow
Winter: Hazel catkins with hoarfrost
Winter: Detail juniper in the snow
Winter: Juniper with hoarfrost in backlight
Winter: Icicles on thatched roof
Winter: Heath museum "Dat Ole Huus" in Wilsede in the snow
Winter: "Eekenboltentun" (oak plank fence) in the snow
Winter: Heidschnucken shed near Totengrund
Flora
Cowslip (Primula veris) with slow worm (Anguis fragilis)
Hairy greenweed/silkyleaf broom (Genista pilosa)
"Flowering" Hare's tail cotton grass (Eriophorum vaginatum)
Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
Carpet of various sphagnum mosses
Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum)
Bog asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)
Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix)
Flowering thyme
Thyme with butterflies
Juniper (Juniperus communis)
Juniper with berries
Flowering broom heather (Calluna Vulgaris)
Broom heather (Calluna vulgaris)
European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)
Lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
Fruits of the cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
Viper's-grass (Scorzonera humilis)
Marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe)
Maiden pink (Dianthus deltoides)
Ilex
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Farmland wild herbs
Red clover (Trifolium pratense)
Incarnate clover and vetch
Downy hemp-nettle (Galeopsis segetum)
Lamb-succory/dwarf nipplewort (Arnoseris minima)
Fauna
Roe deer
Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) during courtship
Grey partridge (Perdix perdix) in a buckwheat field
Peewit (Vanellus vanellus)
Eurasian curlew/common curlew (Numenius arquata)
Photo: Sven Kleinert
Photo: Sven Kleinert
European nightjar or common goatsucker (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Grass snake/ringed snake (Natrix natrix)
Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca)
Common European adder/viper (Vipera berus)
Common European adder/viper (Vipera berus)
Common/vivaprous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)
Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)
Green-coloured male sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)
Blue coloured male moor frog (Rana arvalis)
Garlic toad (Pelobates fuscus)
Black-veined whites (Aporia crataegi)
Grayling/rock grayling (Hipparchia semele)
Purple tiger (Rhyparia purpurata) moth
Cranberry fritillary (Boloria aquilonaris)
Small emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia)
Caterpillar of the Anarta myrtili moth
Bush cricket Gampsocleis glabra
Wart-biter (Decticus verrucivorus)
Large marsh grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum)
Dung beetle
Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
Keeled skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens)
Subarctic darner (Aeshna subarctica)
Banded darter (Sympetrum pedemontanum)
Photos on this page by:
VNP Stiftung Naturschutzpark Lüneburger Heide
Christian Burmester
Sven Kleinert
Markus Tiemann
