The goal of the nature project in Oevre Moelleaa is to expand and improve the habitat alkaline fen, and secure the habitat petrifying spring. Furthermore a better natural hydrology will be established.
A petrifying spring is characterized the occurrence of free visible spring water in most of the stream, and alkaline fens occur where particularly calcareous water are naturally provided under pressure. Alkaline fens usually occur on former coasts or banksides of former lakes where the groundwater level is high.
The aim of the project is to reestablish light-open conditions and secure the habitats by grazing and hay harvest. There is no crop spraying or fertilization in the areas and they have never been redistributed and seeded.
The folding/folds Klevadsmose and Skovgaardsfolden will be combined to one big fence. Forrest areas will be included too. The purpose with the combining of the folds is partly to secure spreading of seeds and species to greater areas and partly to ensure better conditions for cattle, so they can graze during winter time too.
Species in Klevads Marsh
Klevads Marsh is protected and a part of the international nature protection area “Natura 2000 area – Oevre Moelleaadal, Furesoe and Frederiksdal Forrest”. The locality is cut through by Hestetangs stream (as the first part of Mølleåen is called). On the southern side of the stream you can find sedge marsh and an alkaline fen westwards. Here several fascinating species are found such as: the western marsh orchid, quaking grass, grass-like sedge and blue-green sedge including the rare yellow sedge. The lesser marbled fritillary, which is connected to meadowsweet, is found in the meadow. On the north-facing cliff of the southern side is well-developed grassland vegetation with heath pea, heath bedstraw, pill sedge and trailing St John’s-wort.
North of the stream a dense vegetation of Norway spruce was cleared in 2009, resulting in a spectacular landscape view through the valley of the stream and the creation of a rich gem of nature that is being grazed by cattle. On the now light-open hillsides greater butterfly-orchids are found and the cliffs are also a habitat for a number of lizards. A few meters from Klevads Marsh you can find the last free-growing fauna of broad-leaved sermountain in Denmark.
Ownership
Naturstyrelsen owns the 15 ha in the project. The remaining areas are privately owned.
Småsøerne
The aim of the nature project Smaasoeerne is to expand and improve the habitat alkaline fen, and also ensure the habitat petrifying spring. Furthermore a better natural hydrology will be established.
Smaasoeerne is also called Krogenlund Marsh. It is located between Bastrup Lake and Buresoe and between Ganloese Eged and Krogenlund Forrest. One of the finest floral localities with a number of rare and protected species in Denmark is found here. For instance you can see the western marsh orchid, the early marsh orchid and the bird’s-eye primrose. The area around Smaasoeerne is protected and is part of the international nature protection area “Natura 2000 area – Oevre Moelledal, Furesoe and Frederiksdal Forrest”.