Wind in reed, distant birds

The Moorlinse Buch is a natural water body in the Berlin district Buch in the district Pankow in the lowland of the Panke. It was formed in the 1990s by filling a depression with groundwater and stratified water. According to old property maps from the 18th and 19th centuries, the area was originally a wet meadow. This was dried up by the establishment of the Berlin sewage fields at the end of the 19th century and because of the intensive agriculture in the surroundings since the 1950s. As a breeding ground for almost all local waterfowl species, it became a popular observation site for ornithologists. Various amphibians have also settled here. As a habitat for endangered animal species, the Moorlinse has a similar significance as the nearby landscape conservation area of the Karow ponds, Bogensee and Karpfenteiche in Buch. see also: https://aporee.org/maps/projects/buch (Sony PCM D50, DPA4060)