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Poelbos

A Natura 2000 site, Poelbos is part of a vast green complex in northwest Brussels. The fauna and flora there are exceptional.                         

Poelbos was created by the monks of Dieleghem Abbey on the site of an old quarry of calcareous sandstone. It became an educational nature reserve in 1998.

The medieval farming of its subsoil gave rise to its very pronounced relief. The pond is managed by a small fishing club that ensures that its biodiversity is preserved.

The avifauna of Poelbos includes up to 45 species of nesting birds: song thrush, collared dove, wren, titmouse, robin, etc. The bullfinch, treecreeper, common kestrel, sparrowhawk and even kingfisher come there more sporadically.

Poelbos has a flora typical of calcareous environments with abundant water. The black bryony, sanicula and clematis are good examples of this. The most remarkable trees are the beeches. Ten of them appear on the list of remarkable trees in the Brussels-Capital Region.

Here and there, the banks of the stream have been developed to attract the kingfisher. Elsewhere, birdhouses for sparrows and refuges for bats have been installed.

Coordonnées

100 Avenue du Laerbeek
1090