Deutsch‐luxemburgische Naturparadiese

Excursion to the border area of Luxembourg and Germany The gravel ponds in the alluvial plain of the Moselle in the border area of Luxembourg and the Saarland serve as a significant breeding habitat and stopover site of water birds. Many thermophilic species of dragonflies can also be watched in the “Haff Réimech” nature reserve in Luxembourg. Some wild bees typical of floodplains have found compensatory habitats on sandy slopes. Further north, on both sides of the Sûre, there is a landscape rich in woodlands with deep chasms and great sandstone rock formations (Lower Jurassic) in the border area of Luxembourg and Rhineland‐Palatinate. A cool and humid microclimate deep in the valleys and chasms promotes plant species of the Atlantic climate region. Especially Luxembourg's Little Switzerland is characterized by a great species‐richness of mosses.