The small lane from Kremmen to Linumhorst along the southern edge of this area gave good views of 9 common cranes in the meadows to the south, as well as numerous marsh harriers, black kites and red kites . The beautifully marked large chequered skipper Heteropterus morpheus butterflies were numerous in the reedier meadows here and at the northern end of the central path at Linum Fischteiche. In the Germendorf woods 5km east of Kremmen, in the deciduous part of the Scharfer Berg, we found a middle-spotted woodpecker Dendrocopus medius , with firecrest, wood warbler and a family group of goshawks also present. The ponds in the forest west of the central Schonwalder StraBe have a population of great reed warblers. The Berlin Bird Report shows a presence of middle-spotted and black woodpeckers, and I remember seeing black woodpeckers here many years ago.
Red squirrels are still present.
Along the northern edge of Spandauer Forst, west of the Schonwalder StraBe, is part of the old border strip which was quite rich in birdlife. Reading the Berlin Bird Report, a male stonechat Saxicola torquata here on July 4th appears to be a scarce species in the area. Butterflies included heath fritillary and Queen of Spain fritillary. This massive 'out of bounds' area 10km west of Berlin seems to be well used by local people for mushroom collecting and is said to have been opened to the public in 1991. We got to the heath by walking alongside the shopping centre at Dalgow.