Thy National Park

Thy National Park is Denmark's oldest national park. He was placed under protection in 2007 and officially opened on August 22, 2008. The park is located in the Danish Region Nordjylland on the island of Vendsyssel -Thy, covers 24,370 ha and extends over a width of up to 12 km from Agger Tange in the south to Hanstholm in the north.

Nature and Landscape

The western part of Thy centuries was dominated by sand erosion. Today, there are sections of the beach behind the dunes, coastal heaths and forests that were planted to prevent the sand drifts.

In Hanstholm is a game reserve in the breed over 30 species of birds, including the golden plover, the sandpiper, marsh harrier, short-eared owl and the crane. Even the otter has been found in the lakes of the reserve a suitable habitat.

• Breeding birds in the Nationalpark Thy

Wood Sandpiper

Marsh Harrier

Short-eared Owl

Crane

Agger Tange in the southern part of the park is for numerous water birds one of the most important resting areas in Northern Europe. Among the breeding birds are in this area, inter alia, the mute swan, shelduck, the Pintail and the coot, the oystercatcher, lapwing, the redshank, ruff and black-tailed godwit.

This National Park is considered an international bird sanctuary and is subject to the protection of the Ramsar Convention, the European Birds Directive and the Fauna-Flora -Habitat Directive.

In October 2012 Thy could be detected by a photograph of the first wolf for nearly 200 years in Denmark in the National Park. In November 2012 probably this animal was found dead. At necropsy a tumor was found in the neck of the male wolf. Thus he is starved. Genetic studies revealed that the wolf from a Saxon wolf pack (so-called Milkeler pack, named after the village Milkel in whose territory ) comes from, where he was probably born in 2009. The distance between his birthplace and to Thy National Park is a straight line about 720 km.

Tourism

From south to north the historic escape route leads through the area which is now used as a hiking trail. Previously drove him to the rescue teams to bring their equipment to the rescue of shipwrecked in use. The old lifeboat station in Lyngby can be used by hikers to stay. In the sanctuary in Stenbjerg a museum about the ambulance service was established

History

Numerous grave mounds from the Bronze Age show the long history of settlement of the area. Many bunkers ruins along the coast remember the occupation of Denmark in World War II by German troops.