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Birds and visitors are flocking back to the largest raised bog in Denmark now that its once dry lake is refilling with water. The restored lake plays a vital role in this wetland habitat. Its shallow flooding is nursing Lille Vildmose back towards a healthier ecosystem.
In December last year, the LIFE project Lille Vildmose reached a milestone in its restoration work by plugging a centuries-old leak in Lake Birkesø, located in Lille Vildmose, Denmark. Conservationists blocked an agricultural canal that previously evacuated water out of the lake and into the sea.
The lake was drained 250 years ago as part of government-backed efforts to convert the surrounding bog into farmland. In recent decades, environmental awareness has reversed many of these measures in an attempt to restore raised bogs back to their natural state.
Blocking the canal has notably re-established the site’s natural hydrology, flooding over one hundred hectares of land in over a meter of water.
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