For the second year in a row, cranes have bred successfully in the Peel, on the border between Noord-Brabant and Limburg. This has added a new location where the majestic birds raise young. Cranes lay one or two eggs and care for their young for almost a year.

'Land van Van Bommel', part of the Mariapeel where beans were grown and that was returned to nature some twenty-five years ago. When the bean field was returned to nature, Staatsbosbeheer scraped off the fertile top layer. Ditches were filled and quays created to prevent rainwater from flowing away just like that. Due to the height differences caused by the pests, a swampy environment has been created that is attractive for all kinds of plants and animals. It's wet and slippery. Between eagle ferns and a few royal ferns, there is pitrus, a type of grass that works well in an acidic environment, as well as shrubbery and shrubbery. The latter, with its pink flowers, gives color to the green. Young birch trees are springing up everywhere.


Circular walk through the southern part of the Three Hundred Bunders, a nature reserve that is part of the Mariapeel. The area consists of turf soils filled with heathlands, waters and forests. With this route, you walk right along the water Land van Bommel, along different canals and around a few pools. Source: All Trails

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