Fauna

Insects, migratory birds, and fishs

Animal word of south-east Rügen is less known as the vegetal word. A single work, except those about the Red list, was done for the insect class. Dry prairies are practically loved by thermophile species, as the Anthophora plumipes, Lasioglossum calceatum, Coelioxys quadridentata, Hedychrum nobile and Vespa crabro.

Reed beds have a highest importance too; they are nesting areas for water birds. The south east of the island is also habitat for migratory birds which could find a calm stopping place, in particular the goose of the genius Anser, like the Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons), the Bean Goose (Anser fabalis), or the Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus). They move from their night place, the Vilm Island’s beech forest, to the cultures around.

Red or green Seegrass forests, around the Greifswalder Bodden, are spawning area of the Baltic’s herrings. They are the major income of the local fishers.