Nationalpark-Station Leuchtturm Westerhever

Contactinfo

Address:

Schutzstation Wattenmeer

Südhaus Leuchtturm

Westerheversand 25881

Germany

Telefon:

+49 (0) 4865 298

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Activities

Main activities:

Lyrical walks: Reading legends and poems we get in a mood to discover the mystery of the wadden sea
Mudflat discovery for kids and adults
Bird watch tours
Talks and lab workshops for seminar groupsSalt marsh walks: Only specially adapted animals and plants survive these extreme conditions. Discover spicy herbs and weird creepy-crawlies

Additional activities:

The Westerhever light house was built in 1907 on a dwelling mound in the salt marsh, at the tip of the Eiderstedt peninsula. In autumn and spring flocks of thousands of Brent and Barnacle Geese gather on the ample salt marshes for grazing. Crossing the tidal flat in a few hundred meter's stroll you find the Westerhever sandbar. In summer it's perfect for sun bathing and swimming, in winter for amber seeking. Little and Arctic Terns breed on the sand
The two romantic little houses on each side of the light house accomodate seminar groups, the Schutzstation team, a National Park exhibition and a wadden sea laboratory
The exhibition includes fish tanks, a discovery corner and a "touch table" of driftwood, shells and other treasures from the driftline