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| NAGLIAI STRICT NATURE RESERVE |
Nagliai Strict Nature Reserve covers an area of 1680 ha. It
is 9 km long and lies between Juodkrante and Pervalka.
The most significant in the reserve are the Grey (Dead) Dunes, which are
covered with grass vegetation. Underneath are places of old villages that were
buried by drifting sand, naturally grown forest and ancient forest soils. In places
where the wind blew out deep hollows, the cultural strata of old settlements and
buried forest soils can be seen.
This reserve is a sanctuary for a number of species, which are included in the
Red List: herbs - seaside centaury (Centaurium littorale, Gilmour),
sea-holly (Eryngium maritimum L.), lesser twayblade (Listera cordata
L.), shining crane's-bill (Geranium lucidum L.); fungus (Pycnoporus
cinnabarinus (Jacq.: Fr.) P.Karst) and pig's ears fungi (Peziza
ammophila Dur. et Mont.); insects - striped earwig (Labidura
riparia Pall), pine chafer (Polyphylla fullo) and coastal tiger-beetle
(Cicindela maritima Dej.); molluscs (Limax maximus L.), birds -
tawny pipit (Anthus campestris L.), ringed plower (Charadrius hiaticula)
and shelduck (Tadorna tadorna L.). The white-tailed eagle (Haliaëtus,
albicilla L.) is frequent visitor there too.
Any human activity, including recreation, is prohibited in the reserve. Nature
is preserved for scientific purposes to study natural processes in dune ecosystems.
For visitors who would like to enjoy the dune landscapes, the National
Park Authority constructed a trail. It starts at the parking place on the 31-st
kilometre of the Smiltyne-Nida road and leads over the dunes to the lagoon side. |
 
| GROBSTAS STRICT NATURE RESERVE |
This area of the strict nature reserve covers 170 ha.
It is surrounded by the Parnidis Landscape Reserve from one side and the state
border with Russia's Kaliningrad Region on the other.
This reserve features unique landscape of aesthetic value. It covers the great
dune ridge with drifting sand, the place of old Nida village, which was buried
under moving sand. The highest dune in the spit - the Gliders' Dune - was
70 m high, but recently dropped to 50 m.
Grobstas Nature Reserve is an important habitat for rare species that are included
in the Red List of Lithuania. Sea-holly (Eryngium maritimum L.),
water purslane (Peplis portula L.), seaside centaury (Centaurium
littorale, Gilmour) and dark-red helleborine (Epipactis atrorubens (Hoffm.)
Besser) grow there. It is the nesting place for white-tailed eagle (Haliaëtus
albicilla L.) and shelduck (Tadorna tadorna L.). The natterjack (Bufo
calamita) can be found here also. |
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Landscapes in the Nagliai Strict Nature Reserve
Outblown ancient soils
Trail for visitors
Landscapes in Grobstas Nature Reserve
View from the Gliders' Dune
In the Grobstas Nature Reserve |