Life Clima-Bombina

New habitats for Bombina bombina other amphibians and birds to counteract problems from climate change in coastal areas.

About the LIFE Clima-Bombina...

 

The EU Life Clima-Bombina project aims to create new habitats for bombina bomina, other amphibians and birds to counteract climate change in coastal areas.

 

Vordingborg Municipality is the project owner. The project manager is Carsten Horup. The Danish Environmental Protection Agency - Zealand, Ravn-Nature v. Peer Ravn and Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig-Holstein are partners in the project.

The project has a total budget of 5,103,983 euros. EU Life Nature-programme contributes with 3,062,380 million euro and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency contribute with 1,804,978 million Euro. Stiftung Naturschutz Schleswig- Holstein, Ravn-Nature v. Peer Ravn and Vordingborg municipality contribute with 176,625, 10,000 and 50,000 euros.

 The project period runs from 2019-2023.

Disclaimer: This website has been prepared as a part of the LIFE project LIFE18 NAT / DK / 000732 LIFE Clima-Bombina which is financially supported by the EU Commission. In accordance with Article II.7.2 of the General Conditions, the positions and knowledge expressed at this website can in no case be considered as the official position of the EU Commission and the EU Commission is not responsible for the further use of the information on this website.

The project at Knudshoved Odde is being carried out in close cooperation with the estate-owners, the Oxholm Tillisch family at Rosenfeldt.

Project areas

The project in Life Clima-Bombina takes place in 3 project areas.

  • Project area 1) Knudshoved Odde in Vordingborg Municipality - 280 acres
  • Project area 2) Sehlendorfor in Germany - 257 acres

    • Project area 3) North Wagrien in Germany - 55 acres.

The project area at Knudshoved Odde is 280 acres and is located west of Knudsskov approx. 10 km northwest of Vordingborg City.

The project area is separated by a 400 meter long rocky dune called “Draget”. West of the “Draget” lies approx. 100 acres of stunning scenery with freshwater and brackish ponds, grazing pastures, grazing forest with ancient trees and coastal slopes. The area is a habitat for almost all species of Denmark's endangered amphibians including Firebellied toad, Common spadefoot, Natterjack, Treefrog and Green toad.

East of “Draget” is the main project area of ​​180 acres. The vision for the project is to mirror the nature from the west-area to the east-area. This happens - among other actions - by converting 110 acres of former agricultural land into nature-areas with ponds, flowering dry grassland, meadows, dunes and scrubs.

A beautiful and varied coastal dry grassland from the western project area.

Old grazing forest with veteran oaks and spring floods in the western part of the project area.

“Draget” that separates the western and eastern parts of the project area.

Breeding pond for Firebellied toad (Bombina bombina) in the western project area.

The eastern part of the project area, facing east. The project-boundary at Knudskov is seen in the background.

The eastern part of the area facing west. The western project area is seen at the far end of the picture.

The arable land in the eastern area contain many depressions, where new ponds can be made and large moraines, where new flower-rich dry grasslands can be developed.

The area “Møllemarken” in the eastern project area is pumped dry and here a larger wetland is recreated for avocets, terns and other waders.

The project at Knudshoved Odde is being carried out in close cooperation with the estate-owners, the Oxholm Tillisch family at Rosenfeldt.