How military training grounds became a hidden sanctuary for rare wildlife
In short: Explore the Senne, Germany's largest heath landscape, a forbidden territory where decades of military use have inadvertently protected a vital refuge for endangered species.
For 130 years, parts of the Senne have served as a training area for German and British forces, strictly off-limits to civilians. This exclusion has created a unique environment where animals live largely undisturbed by human activities like cycling or walking.
The film reveals how this landscape supports specialized species pushed out of other areas by intensive agriculture, including rare insects, birds, amphibians, and large packs of fallow deer.
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