Wenger Moor - Nature and bird protected area

The Wenger moorland is the largest natural marschland of the salzburger alpine foreland, characterized by a mosaic from of different biotopes such as high -, low-, and other moosen, dry and damp pastures, moorland forests and the shipping zone of Wallersee.

The Wenger moorland also accommodates numerous endangered moorland-typical plant types and represents at the same time a valuable breeding and rest area for numerous, European-wide important kinds of bird, e.g. the quail king or the eisvogel. Besides it is a home for many types of butterflies.

Kinds of birds: Quail king, eisvogel, grey woodpecker, Neuntoener, dwarf tubing drum, tubing pasture, large brook bird, Bekassine, Braunkehlchen, Feldschwirl.