Fuhlendorf nature trail "In the forest of the jay"

A riddle must be solved in order to release a small, enchanted boy from his spell. There is a hidden gemstone with a letter board at each of the 7 stations along the nature trail. Watch out, the jay on the information board gives valuable tips. Story of the boy and the gemstone. A boy once lived in Fuhlendorf. He loved to play in the forest and was friends with all the animals and plants. One day he saw something glittering on the forest floor. Curious, he looked and discovered a beautiful gemstone. Just as he was about to pick it up, the jay above him in the pine tree called out: "Leave it, leave it, rattle, rattle!" But the boy picked up the gemstone and pocketed it. Then he turned into a pine tree ... The jay, however, who had been watching everything, called out mysteriously: "7 gemstones with 7 letters must be found and 7 riddles solved, only then will the boy be free again! Rattle, rattle!" A riddle must be solved in order to release a small, enchanted boy from his spell. At each of the 7 stations along the nature trail there is a hidden gemstone with a letter board. Watch out, the jay on the information board will give you valuable tips. Put the letters together in the correct order and you will find the name you are looking for - you can use it to break the spell. Starting point 1: Fuhlendorf, Waldstraße - Station 1 - 7 Starting point 2: Bodstedt, Am Walde - stations 5, 6, 7, 1 - 4 Stations 1-7: approx. 2.2 km circular tour through the Fuhlendorf forest with many opportunities for interaction Extension: "Puzzle animals" trail approx. 860 m, "Forest eye" trail approx. 800 m. Station 1: Tree growth Information board: General information about the growth of trees in the 4 seasons and about the holly tree Task: Identify annual rings on a tree slice with marked annual rings and look for a gemstone with a letter board Station 2: Forest animal tracks Information board: various forest animals are introduced (wolf, red fox, wild boar, red deer, roe deer and jay) Task: imitate animals, discover animal tracks and search for a gemstone with the alphabet board Station 3 - Woodpecker Information board: about the woodpecker and the fairy tale of the Douglas fir cone Woodpecker species of the Fuhlendorf forest (great spotted woodpecker, ...) Woodpecker tongue, woodpecker rattle to imitate the tapping sound Task: Get to know forest scents and search for gemstones with the letter board Station 4 - Tree species Information board: about tree species with tree memory and wooden bench Task: Find tree species in the area and search for gemstone with letter board >> Turn right before station 4 or one path further on. There is only one station on this path, station 5. Station 5 - Fox Information board: about the fox, fable of the raven and the fox Task: try out the hopping technique, look for a gemstone with a letter board >> Turn right at the next path (signpost: blue bird). The last two stations are on this path. Then continue straight on to the end (= beginning) of the nature trail. Station 6 - Gifts of the forest Information board: resin, forest fruits Task: Smell turpentine and look for gemstone with letter board Task to do at home: make pitch ointment Station 7 - Enchanted forest Information board: Listen to the trees about trolls Task: "Building a house" with natural materials and looking for a gemstone with a letter board Who would have known? To get to the seeds in the pine cone easily, the great spotted woodpecker makes a groove in a branch and jams the cone in there with its beak. Then he chops away at it like crazy and tastes the seeds! Path of the puzzle animals Follow the question mark on the trees and solve an animal riddle on the way to the beech hall. The solution is on the board in front of the beech hall. >> On the way back, open the boards and guess another animal. The solution is on the board at the end (starting point). Beech hall The "Buchenhalle" is located between the animal puzzle trail and the forest eye trail. Take a look at how wonderful the forest is here - with its thick, tall trunks, it looks like a "hall". The jay likes it best in spring, before the beech leaves sprout or when an old tree falls. Then it's all green and in bloom! "I find lots of goodies to eat! I can hide my nest well in bushes and small trees from squirrels, dormice and other jays, so that my children grow up protected. I tell you, this is paradise ..." Path of the forest eye There are 7 forest animals hiding to the left and right of the path on the "Waldauge" trail. The animal plaques are attached to tree trunks and can be found either very close to the path or a few meters into the forest. Watch out, look up at the tree trunk! An accompanying booklet on the Fuhlendorf nature trail for children is available: in a box at the Fuhlendorf forest ranger station, Jägergang 5, Fuhlendorf at the tourist information center Südliche Boddenküste, Hafenstr. 4, Fuhlendorf