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Locality
Han Vejle (skjulet)
(Denmark)
57.096815 9.059600
3134
Description:
Part of the larger wetland complex, Vejlerne, 5530 hectares. Fresh water and brackish lagoons inter-weaved with small woods and reed-bordered dikes and canals. The largest protected wetland in N Europe.
INTEREST:
Birds:
In general one of the most important areas in Denmark for bird life. Hides and platforms allows you to get close to foraging and roosting birds.
Dragonflies:
As the list below shows, a good variety of dragonfly species have been seen here, but the exclusively most interesting species is the Baltic Hawker (Aeshna serrata) [Baltisk Mosaikguldsmed] which in Denmark only can be found here.
Discovered for the first time in 2006 it was also found at close-by localities like Bulbjerg or Mors but during recent years it has only been found in Vejlerne, and particularly here at Han Vejle. The status of the species is uncertain, but apparently the population is shrinking compare to the first years where up to 50 individuals were found. For example only one animal was seen in 2023 and zero in 2024!
Happily 2025 has been different with a handful of animals being found in mid-July, both males and females, why there is still hope. Generally one might speculate whether the erratic observations of the species could have to do with simply not knowing enough about the behavior of the species (though being a widespread and well-known species across the eurasian continent).
You can be lucky to find it perched on the boardwalk south of Lundfjordvej, but in 2025, where I was fortunate to finally see it, the animals seemed to be constantly on the move during the [very] hot summer days of mid July, and they hung out at the edge of the reed bed near the hide [Han Vejle skjulet] where they were first spotted. But to get a better overview it is recommended to go to Udsigtsplatformen from where you can overlook the reed bed from above. I spotted two males and a female from here, and in general all the flying dragonflies were flying over the reed bed between the hide and the platform [which unluckily is in the direction of the sun].
Dragonflies seen (tax order):
sponsa
splendens
armatum
puella
pulchellum
cyathigerum
najas
viridulum
elegans
nymphula
cyanea
grandis
mixta
serrata
viridis
imperator
parthenope
pratense
aenea
flavomaculata
metallica
rubicunda
depressa
fulva
quadrimaculata
cancellatum
danae
flaveolum
fonscolombii
sanguineum
striolatum
vulgatum
ACCESS (free 24/7):
On foot along trails and boardwalks.
INTEREST:
Birds:
In general one of the most important areas in Denmark for bird life. Hides and platforms allows you to get close to foraging and roosting birds.
Dragonflies:
As the list below shows, a good variety of dragonfly species have been seen here, but the exclusively most interesting species is the Baltic Hawker (Aeshna serrata) [Baltisk Mosaikguldsmed] which in Denmark only can be found here.
Discovered for the first time in 2006 it was also found at close-by localities like Bulbjerg or Mors but during recent years it has only been found in Vejlerne, and particularly here at Han Vejle. The status of the species is uncertain, but apparently the population is shrinking compare to the first years where up to 50 individuals were found. For example only one animal was seen in 2023 and zero in 2024!
Happily 2025 has been different with a handful of animals being found in mid-July, both males and females, why there is still hope. Generally one might speculate whether the erratic observations of the species could have to do with simply not knowing enough about the behavior of the species (though being a widespread and well-known species across the eurasian continent).
You can be lucky to find it perched on the boardwalk south of Lundfjordvej, but in 2025, where I was fortunate to finally see it, the animals seemed to be constantly on the move during the [very] hot summer days of mid July, and they hung out at the edge of the reed bed near the hide [Han Vejle skjulet] where they were first spotted. But to get a better overview it is recommended to go to Udsigtsplatformen from where you can overlook the reed bed from above. I spotted two males and a female from here, and in general all the flying dragonflies were flying over the reed bed between the hide and the platform [which unluckily is in the direction of the sun].
Dragonflies seen (tax order):
sponsa
splendens
armatum
puella
pulchellum
cyathigerum
najas
viridulum
elegans
nymphula
cyanea
grandis
mixta
serrata
viridis
imperator
parthenope
pratense
aenea
flavomaculata
metallica
rubicunda
depressa
fulva
quadrimaculata
cancellatum
danae
flaveolum
fonscolombii
sanguineum
striolatum
vulgatum
ACCESS (free 24/7):
On foot along trails and boardwalks.