Balmer See

Reeds landscape at Balm

West bank of the Balmer Lake, golf course with hotel

The Balmer Lake is a bay in the southeast of the eight water, a lagoon -like bulge of the Peenestrom the island of Usedom. The Balmer lake is open to the east to the backwaters. In the southeast the small island Werder, behind the island Böhmke is prior to the Nepperminer lake. The two flat islands are designated as a nature and bird reserve. In the north of Balmer Lake is bounded by the Cosim peninsula, which also is under protection. On the south shore extends Benzer district Balm, which is followed by an approximately 120 -acre golf course. In Balm are moorings for pleasure boats.

Conservation

Even the GDR in 1967, the two small islands Böhmke and Werder, a 118 -acre area designated as a bird sanctuary. By 1980, the black-headed gulls took up to 14,000 copies on hand, their droppings left the nettles proliferate, and rarer, more sensitive bird species had no chance. Only an inventory adjustment and a small settlement of Gotland sheep made ​​for a change in the vegetation; the stock was reduced to about 8000, Common Tern and Black-tailed Godwit returned. In addition, breed on the islands Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Pochard and Mallard.

In 1996, the nature reserve peninsula Cosim was established (85 ha), which was used in GDR times more than pasture land and peat bogs; Trails through salt marshes, reed beds and alder forests through the area today. With a little luck on the reed bank the rarer species of birds that breed on the islands to discover and white storks and gray herons. In winter eagles are found. To the west of the nature reserve walk to the old manor Dewichow (small holiday camp ) and transition to Krienker lake.