page_title: Slagelse Municipality
section_title: Nature
hierarchical_section_title: Slagelse Municipality / Nature
caption_attribution_description: Tude Å
context_page_description: Slagelse municipality is a municipality in Region Zealand on the west coast of the island of Zealand in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 571 km². The municipality borders Kalundborg Municipality to the north, Sorø Municipality to the north-east, Næstved Municipality to the south-east and connects to Nyborg Municipality via the Great Belt Bridge.
  The main city and the site of the municipal council is the city of Slagelse. The mayor has since 2017 been John Dyrby Paulsen, a member of the Social Democratic political party.
  The municipality include the inhabited islands of Omø, Agersø and Glænø, as well as the uninhabited islands of Sprogø, Østerfed, Stenfed, Ormø, Fuglehøj, Sandholm, Kidholm and Fugleholm.
  On 1 January 2007 the former Slagelse municipality was, as the result of Kommunalreformen, merged with Hashøj, Korsør, and Skælskør municipalities to form an enlarged Slagelse municipality.
context_section_description: Most of the land in the municipality are used for agriculture, leaving little territory for nature. The municipality does have a long coastline with many important spots for especially birds, and there are also a series of forests located around in the municipality.
  The Slagelse Forests (Danish: Slagelseskovene) is a number of forests that are more or less grown together and form one of the largests forests in Denmark. These forests are Slagelse Lystskov, Charlottedal Skov, Nykobbel, Valbygård Skov, Treskelskov, Sønder Overdrev and Falkensten Skov. The trees in the forests are mainly broad-leaved trees dominated by beech. There are also areas dominated by Pinales. Several dolmens can be found in the forest. Common birds found in the forest include common buzzard, Eurasian sparrowhawk, common raven, Eurasian woodcock, black woodpecker and tawny owl. 
  Tude Å is a river spanning from Trelleborg near Slagelse and out to the coast between Frølunde Fed and Næsby Strand. 208 acres around the river have been protected since 1991. This area is known as Tude Ådal. The river's significance in terms of flora and fauna is limited, but it is a historically important place due to its close ties to Trelleborg and the vikings.
  100 acres around the hill of Tårnbjerg were protected in 1993. The hill borders Korsør Nor and is located east of Korsør, west of Tårnby and south-east of Svenstrup and Frølunde.
  In the south-west of Slagelse Municipality, bordering Skælskør to the south, is the peninsula of Stignæs. 1,215 acres are protected. The protection was carried out over two stages, first in 1978 and then in 1987. The areas covered in the protection are Stigsnæs, Borreby and Basnæs Nor. The nature of the peninsula include forests, bogs and beach meadows. Doronicum pardalianches is a rare plant in Denmark that can be found on the peninsula. The peninsula is used by many migrating birds, and there are high populations of birds of prey, mainly common buzzard and European honey buzzard. The peninsula is the only breeding spot for the black-tailed godwit on Zealand.
caption: Tude Å.
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