Heuwiese

Heuwiese is an uninhabited German Baltic Sea island that lies about two kilometres south of Ummanz and west of Germany's largest island, Rügen.It has a maximum extend of 900 metres (from northwest to southeast) and is about 40 hectares in area.The island, which is over 1 metre high is a bird reserve that lies within the West Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park.The island is a typical salt grassland (Salzgrasland) of the West Pomeranian lagoon coastline and was formed from zones of sediment accretion that have gradually become exposed, known as windwatts.One feature are the breeding cormorants on the island that, despite being tree nesters, have built high nests on the ground here.
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