The Belgenbach valley is sometimes steep and has only a few passable paths. However, the forest conversion envisaged in the project requires the felling and removal of the non-native spruce trees. More complex, unconventional methods have to be used for this, but they also offer some advantages.
Over the last few days, we have taken advantage of the wet weather. The project and the work team planted 750 black alder trees on the banks of the Tiefenbach, Belgenbach and Holderbach streams.
At the end of May, Tim Laussmann from the Rheinisch-Westfälische Lepidopterologen was with us in the Northern Eifel to take film footage of the Violet Copper. The result brings the viewer closer to the butterfly's way of life in a successful way.
The daffodil festival in Monschau-Höfen took place again at the end of April. Throughout the day, people eager to wander found themselves lured to the Eifel by the mass yellow blossom.
Meadows and pastures are usually cultivated habitats; they have to be mown by humans or grazed by cattle. If these activities are stopped, sooner or later woody plants will grow and the areas will develop into forest.
"Moths" are not necessarily thought of as butterflies. They appear at night unexpectedly, quickly and more or less chaotically flying around. Thus, they fulfill the image generally expected from them of the unpleasantly disturbing and disgusting insect...
