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Hanstholm Wildlife Reserve
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Between Hanstholm and Klitmøller lays a landscape of dune heaths of almost 4.000 hectares, created by sea, wind and sand together. The underground contains of chalk, which more than 6 thousand years ago, during the stone age was the bottom of the sea . At that time the north of jutland was covered by the sea and the area of Thy and Hanherred was split up into several islands. When the landscape rose the enormous quantity of sand, produced by the waves of the north sea was thrown on the beach and blown across the landscape, forming a kilometre wide belt...
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Together with Tved dune plantation Hanstholm Wildlife Reserve is one of Denmark´s largest protectetd areas of alltogether 6.500 hectares. The main part of the Wildlife Reserve lies on former north sea ground and contains of dunes and heath. Between the dunes are swamps, numberless shallow ponds and several lakes, which lighten up in the wast and monotonous dune heath. The typical plants growing here are common heather, crowberry and marram grass on dry locations, while cross-leaved heath, bayberry and willow are growing in humid areas. Small pine plantations lie on former migration dunes binding the sand. Prohibiting the dune heaths being covered by pine forest, self-sown mountain pines have to be removed frequently. This landscape has got its special bird life. The rare little wading bird, wood sandpiper, is a common nesting bird in the wet areas.
Lake Nors Sø belongs to Hanstholm Wild Reserve. During the stone age the lake was a bay, which was cut off from the sea when the land rose and by the sand drift. Deepest point of the lake is 20 metres. It is only fed from the bottom and is one of Denmarks cleanest lakes with several rare water plants. In the lake live amongst others northern pike, perch, common roach, eel and whitefish
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