Grobes Meer

The Grobes Meer is a normally shaped fen lake in north Germany that lies among Aurich and Emden close Bedekaspel in the Sudbrookmerland area, on the edge of the East Frisian Geest where it advances to the Ems bogs. The lake is the fourth biggest in the territory of Lower Saxony with a region of vast water of around 289 hectares. The Grobes Meer is – separated from a couple of more profound spots – just 0.5 to 1.0 meter down. It is partitioned into two, practically discrete, waterways. One element is that the normal water level falsehoods, 1.4 meters beneath ocean level because of fake seepage.

The nature save of South Grobes Meer was built up in 1974 and is encompassed by a 2,500 hectares substantial ensured scene. The northern part, paradoxically, is utilized as a relaxation and diversion territory and has offices for calculating and water sports. It may not be utilized by speedboats. With its broad belt of reed-beds and the nearby wetlands the Grobes Meer and its encompasses are a rearing zone and living space of provincial significance. Dark followed godwit, kill, lapwing, short-eared owl, bog harrier, hen harrier, bittern, sedge songbird, bluethroat and reed hitting are a couple of the types of reproducing winged animal that are significant from a preservation viewpoint. In winter enormous groups of greylag geese and more noteworthy white-fronted geese cover here.