The Bird sanctuary Rantumbecken on the island of Sylt in Germany


The Rantum Basin on the island of Sylt was made by an embankment. In the 1960s, the area was declared as a bird sanctuary. Many rare species of birds nest here meanwhile.


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Location: Rantumbecken, Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein state, Germany
Photo credit: © Konrad Weiss / Alamy / Afripics
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