Natural features of protected areas:

The reserve is located in the zone of distribution of slightly undulating wet and damp glacial plains of the Meshcherskaya lowland, formed on the site of ancient runoff hollows between the ancestral valleys of the Klyazma and Moscow rivers.
The reserve includes the surfaces of valley-outwash plains and a fragment of the left-bank valley of the Nerskaya River with areas of floodplains and terraces above the floodplain, complicated by ridge-hummocky sandy outcrops. The roof of the pre-Quaternary basement of the area is represented by Upper Jurassic clays and sands. The absolute heights of the territory vary from 107 m above sea level (medium-low water line in the Nerskaya River) to 141 m above sea level (the top of the hill on the eastern border of the reserve).
Site N 1 of the reserve is represented by sandy valley-outland hills and the left-bank section of the Nerskaya River valley, complicated by numerous ridge-hilly outcrops. The absolute heights of the surfaces of Plot No. 1 range from 107 m (mark of the water's edge of the Nerskaya River) at the northern boundary of the plot to 135 m (top of the hill) at the southern boundary of the plot. The slopes of the main surfaces of the plains are 3-5°. Sandy ridges and hills are characterized by flat, rounded or elongated peaks and slopes 3-5 m high, with a steepness of 5-12°. Hollows and beams with gently sloping sides (6-8°) are found in depressions between hills.
The valley of the Nerskaya river includes the surface of the first terrace above the floodplain (at heights of about 10-12 m above the water's edge in the river) and floodplain sections formed at heights from 0.2-0.4 m to 1.5-3 m above the riverbed. The first terrace above the floodplain, composed of ancient alluvial sands, is often expressed as ridge remnants stretching along the river along the left bank. The flat tops of the remnants formed at heights up to 7-12 m above the riverbed. The slopes of the high banks of the Nerskaya River have a steepness of up to 30-50 °. As a result of lateral erosion of the winding channel, scree sandy walls were formed here in some places.
At Plot No. 1, a a large number of anthropogenic landforms - linear (firebreaks, embankments on dirt roads) and point (holes along dirt roads) objects.
Site N 2 of the reserve includes hilly-wavy surfaces of the valley-outland plain, composed of ancient alluvial-water-glacial sands, as well as a fragment of the Nerskaya River valley with sections of two floodplain terraces. The absolute heights of the surfaces in Plot N 2 of the reserve vary from 111 m (in the Nerskaya river valley in the northwestern corner of the site) to 141 m (top of the hill on the eastern boundary of the site).
In Plot N 3 of the reserve, a small fragment of the left-bank valley of the Nerskaya River with a floodplain is presented. The absolute heights of Plot No. 3 of the reserve vary from 109 m to 119 m.
The hydrological flow of the territory has a general direction to the northwest into the Nerskaya River (the left tributary of the Moscow River). There are no permanent streams within the reserve. In some places in the valley of the Nerskaya River there are waterlogged near-terrace depressions, in Plot No. 1 there are swampy black alder forests here, and areas of low-lying swamps are noted.
The soil cover of the territory is represented by sod-podzols on the uplands and gley sod-podzols along the depressions. Alluvial light-humus soils are presented on the floodplain of the Nerskaya River. Humus-gley soils were formed along damp hollows and depressions, humus-gley soils were formed in near-terrace depressions (under swamped black alder forests), and alluvial peat-gley soils were formed in areas of floodplain lowland bogs.
The territory of the reserve is dominated by pine old-growth forests with spruce and oak undergrowth, grass-green-moss with areas of dead cover, lichen-green-moss and shrub-green-moss. There are also forest plantations of pine, marshy black alder forests, and small areas of low-lying and ancient marshes in the Nerskaya river valley.
Vegetation in Plot No. 1 is represented mainly by mature green moss and mixed grass-green moss pine forests 80-90 years old. Pine trees have class I quality and a height of about 30 m or more. Crown density - 0.4. The shrub layer is poorly developed and is represented by the brittle buckthorn. In the undergrowth, pines and spruces of different ages, as well as mountain ash, were noted.
The grass-shrub layer is sparse, mosaic, represented by blueberries, lingonberries, May lily of the valley, umbrella hawkberry, common strawberry, or forest, two-leaved mint, northern linnaea, Veronica officinalis, meadow maryannik, common goldenrod, hairy sorrel, in some areas - fragrant spikelet, sheep fescue, dioecious cat's foot, dog violet, soft bedstraw, ground reed grass. Here, a stable population of winter-loving umbellate, listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, was noted.
The moss cover is 80-85%, Schreber's pleurotium dominates, and there are also coronal dicranum and brilliant hylocomium.
There is practically no grass cover on the slopes of ridge-hilly sandy remnants. Pure pine green moss forests are common here, in some areas they are dead-covered, in some places with lichens (cladonia and cetraria). In inter-hill depressions, linden and high spruce undergrowth are added to the pine in the upper tier. The shrub layer is represented by warty euonymus, raspberries, forest honeysuckle, and common elderberry. The herbaceous cover consists of common bracken, reed reed grass, oxalis, finger sedge, fence peas, as well as May lily of the valley and peach bell (a rare and vulnerable species not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but in need of constant monitoring and observation on its territory). In the upper part of the slope, in a green-moss pine forest with sparse undergrowth of spruce (up to 3-4 m tall), flattened clubs were noted (a rare and vulnerable species, not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but in need of constant control and observation on its territory) and annual, as well as several specimens of Goodyear creeping. In some places here grows bracken, fragrant spikelet, fragrant kupena, oak maryannik, there are small areas with lichens.
Below the slope there is a green moss bracken-lily-of-the-valley pine forest with undergrowth of spruce and mountain ash. In the shrub layer with warty euonymus, brittle buckthorn and hazel, small junipers were noted here and there. The herbaceous-shrub layer is represented by sedge palmate, washed fragrant, stone berry, common strawberry, hard-leaved chickweed, hairy sorrel, drooping pearl barley, two-leaved sedge, common goldenrod, European seven-leaf, soft bedstraw, lingonberry, lerchenfeldia, or winding pike, as well as winter-loving zotnich noah and club moss (a rare and vulnerable species not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but in need of constant monitoring and observation on its territory). In some places, areas of lingonberry green moss pine forests with spruce undergrowth were noted, where sheep fescue, common tarry, lopsided ortilia, and annual club moss also grow.
Pine forests with oak (trunk diameter about 30 cm) and mountain ash up to 6-7 m high are widespread along the river bank, young birch and aspen forests are noted in some places. Brittle buckthorn, warty euonymus, oval shadberry and raspberry also grow here, in some places there is an undergrowth of oak and linden up to 10 m tall. Forest and meadow grasses are found along the shore under the trees: common strawberry, lily of the valley, cocksfoot, narrow-leaved willowherb, sorrel sorrel, autumn flower pot, St. , fragrant spikelet, common yarrow, Fischer's carnation, field corostavnik, male shield, common blackhead, variegated boletus, large stonecrop.
Along the banks of the Nerskaya River, swampy black alder forests with bird cherry are also developed, with moist herbal bird cherry, with a vegetable garden, loosestrife, a floating mannik, a series of tripartite, coltsfoot, chastuha plantain, meadowsweet, bulrush forest, nettle dioica, branchy rush, creeping buttercup, mountaineers pepper and bindweed, river horsetail, river beetle, ivy-shaped boudra, southern reed, common hardy, large celandine.
In some places in the river valley there are low-lying and ancient wet-grass-sedge bogs with meadowsweet, blistering and swollen sedges.
At Plot No. 2 in quarter 16, tall pine hazel mixed-grass-broad-grass forests (transformed forest cultures) are represented. Pine trees have a trunk diameter of about 45 cm. The canopy density of common hazel reaches 90%. The grass cover is dominated by common goutweed, hard-leaved chickweed, ivy-like budra, creeping tenacious, monetized loosestrife, Carthusian boletus, river beetle, narrow-leaved willowherb, common loosestrife, fragrant buthen, forest angelica, male boletus, lily of the valley, spiked raven, and stone fruit. Oak undergrowth, raspberries in some places are noted.
In quarters 10 and 15, pine forests with lily-of-the-valley-bilberry-green-moss spruce dominate, in which spruce occurs in undergrowth, and in some places goes into the first layer. Here, low oaks, as well as forest apple trees and mountain ash, participate in the undergrowth, warty euonymus and raspberries grow from shrubs. The grass cover includes drooping pearl barley, meadow maryannik, meadow calico, fragrant kupena, European stagwort, lingonberry, northern linnaea, hairy hairy, thin bent grass, oak bluegrass, common strawberry, sorrel, sorrel, large plantain, Carthusian shieldwort, reed reed grass, Veronica officinalis , giant fescue, soft bedstraw, oak maryannik, common blackhead, forest angelica, common wormwood, forest cudweed, common goldenrod, spreading bellflower. This section of the pine forest closer to the road is heavily littered and disturbed.
In the center of quarter 15 there is a plot of sparse green moss pine forest with undergrowth of oak, pine and low spruce. Here, the grass cover is dominated by sheep fescue, meadow maryannik, common goldenrod, in some places - ground reed grass, European sage, oxalis, palmate sedge, fragrant spikelet, two-leafed sedge, one-sided ortilia, and also winter-loving umbrella grow.
In quarter 17, there are also mature and ripening green moss pine forests, there are small areas of pine plantations of a younger (about 60 years old) age. A significant part in the center of the quarter is occupied by shrubby light forest, which could have formed at the site of felling or fire.
Plot No. 3 occupies a small northeastern part of quarter 10, where mature green moss pine forests are located, in some places with young spruce undergrowth. In the grass cover there are areas with a predominance of lingonberries and oxalis, as well as lily of the valley and bracken. In a depression along the Yegoryevskoye highway, a small area of ​​damp black alder with meadowsweet, nettle and other wet grasses was noted.
63 species of vertebrates, including three species of amphibians, one species of reptiles, 44 species of birds and 15 species of mammals, have been noted on the territory of the reserve.
Due to the fact that there are no water bodies and streams within the boundaries of the reserve, the ichthyofauna is not represented on its territory.
The faunistic complex of terrestrial vertebrates is based on species characteristic of coniferous and mixed forests of the Non-Chernozem Center of Russia. Species ecologically associated with trees and shrubs dominate, the inhabitants of the meadow-field and wetlands of the territory are represented approximately equally, significantly yielding in number of species to the representatives of the "forest" group.
Four main zoocomplexes (zooformations) are distinguished on the territory of the reserve: coniferous forests, deciduous forests, wetland habitats and open habitats.
The zooformation of coniferous forests, common in pine and spruce forests of the reserve, occupies the predominant part of its area - most of Plots No. 1, 2, as well as Plot No. 3 in its entirety. The basis of the population of coniferous forests is made up of typical "coniferous" species, such as: bank vole, common squirrel, pine marten, great spotted woodpecker, bile, chiffchaff, powdery, jay, gray flycatcher. It is in the pure pine green moss forests of the reserve at Plot N 1 that the rarest species of reptiles is most often found - the agile lizard, listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region. Also, it is in the pine forests of the reserve that the crested tit and the misshapen thrush constantly live - rare and vulnerable bird species that are not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but which need constant monitoring and observation in the region.
In areas of deciduous forests (on the territory of the reserve, these are mainly black alder forests developed in Site No. 1), natives of European broad-leaved forests predominate - European robin, blackbird, oriole, rattle warbler, black-headed warbler, pied flycatcher and some other species.
Common cuckoo, chaffinch, common nuthatch, song thrush, fieldfare, willow warbler, great tit are found in all types of forests in all parts of the reserve.
The zooformation of meadow habitats, in comparison with forest zooformations, is much less widespread within the reserve. Basically, this type of animal population is associated with meadows in the valley of the Nerskaya River (Plot No. 1), edges, forest clearings, clearings and clearings (Plots No. 1, 2). Characteristic inhabitants of the meadow and edge complexes of the reserve are the buzzard, forest pipit, gray warbler, meadow chaser, common lentil, common bunting, shrike, white wagtail, magpie, common mole and some other species. It is on the meadows of the reserve that two rare and vulnerable species of birds are found that are not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but need constant monitoring and observation in the region: quail and meadow pipit. Also, mainly in the meadows, as well as in clearings and forest clearings of Plot No. 1 of the reserve, you can meet the common honey buzzard, listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region.
In wetland habitats associated mainly with the floodplain of the Nerskaya River (Site No. 1), small mustelids are often hunted: primarily the American mink, but also the weasel and ermine. Rodents here are represented by river beaver, as well as water and field voles. Of the birds in these habitats, the most common are the mallard, black and white waders, garden warbler, river cricket, garden warbler, lesser spotted woodpecker and nightingale. Gray herons come here to feed. It is in the floodplain of the Nerskaya River that a rare species of birds of prey is found - the black kite, listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region. In wetland biotopes, the abundance of grass, moor and lake frogs is high.
In all types of natural communities of the reserve, there are raven, common fox, white hare, elk, wild boar and European roe deer - a rare and vulnerable species of animals not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but in need of constant control and observation in the region.

The village of Solnechnoye is the most popular place rest with the inhabitants of St. Petersburg. This is a village in the Kurortny district, known for its wonderful beaches on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, which most Russian cities will envy. Most go from the station directly to the Laskovy beach, which is the end of their acquaintance with the village. We decided to take a walk in lesser known places. And they turned out just great! So, below is a description of our next Friday hike, one of those that we do in the evening after work.

So, August 4, evening. We get on the train at 17.41, after 35 minutes we leave at Solnechnoye station. It takes about half an hour to get to the beach in a straight line, but we turn left, go along the small streets through the village, exit onto Primorskoye Highway, and then turn right - onto the Customs Road. The name is reminiscent of the times when Finnish village Ollila, located near the Soviet-Finnish border, at which there was a customs. Paths constantly diverge from the road to the left. According to one of them, which is larger, we turn into the forest, and in five minutes we find ourselves near a forest lake. By the way, on the maps it is officially called Lesnoye Lake.

An interesting, even unique, feature of these places is that in the forest everywhere there are sandy hills (dunes), overgrown with a pine forest.

The lake is very quiet and beautiful.

Its shores are mostly swampy, although in some places there are small approaches to the water.

Good people have made a large platform from which you can immediately dive into the depths. Very comfortably!

On the platform - benches with backs. Full service for tourists!) We used the facilities and had dinner.

And then - swim! The water is warm and pleasant. As in all similar lakes - black, peaty. The bridges are deep, I didn't reach the bottom. The fish splashed in the distance. In general - the lake is pleasant in all respects!

Next we go through the forest. Sandy hills continue in the forest. Nowhere else is there such a landscape, similar only near the village of Shapki, in the Tosnensky district - there are many hills of glacial origin, but here everything is more pronounced, and there is even more sand.

Tourists rushed to pick blueberries. It is here, although not as much as in the usual forest of the Karelian Isthmus.

There were not very many mushrooms, mostly russula.

Finally got to a very beautiful place- a large sandy mountain.

The view from it is beautiful!

There is a similar mountain in Serovo, called "Mountain of Death", but there it represents the shore of the ancient Litorin Sea, and how such a huge hill turned out to be here is a mystery. For simple dunes, it is too large.

A pine tree grows on the mountain, standing on bare two-meter roots.

It's like a fabulous tree.

Can be filmed sci-fi movies Here...

There are three springs under the mountain. In all water with a strong taste of iron. The rivers here are also of a rusty hue, it is clear that all the waters contain ferruginous compounds.

Special mention must be made of the Rusty Ditch. This is a former branch of the Sestra River, which connects with the Malaya Sestra near the Gulf of Finland. So, it was along it that the border between the USSR and Finland ran until 1939. There were border posts and border crossing points. To the north of the Rusty Ditch, where it ends, the border was already along the Sestra River.

Here the Rusty Ditch (on the left in the photo) connects with the Malaya Sister, which in Sestroretsk is also called the Factory Canal. The Malaya Sister is the former Sestra River, which, after the construction of dams and the appearance of the Sestroretsky spill, was divided into two parts. The one that flows to the confluence with Lake Razliv remained the Sister, and the segment that flows out of the Razliv and flows into the sea became known as the Little Sister.

Little Sister is very picturesque. And at times you can fish very well in it.

Here you can see the Little Sister before it flows into the Gulf of Finland.

And here is the beach "Dunes". It's deserted here. The bulk of vacationers go to "Laskovy", which is closer to the station. And on Friday evening there is not a soul here, although there are always people on Laskovy. The two beaches are different from each other. "Laskovy" is more cultivated - it is a chic civilized beach, but there are a lot of people on it, and nature is almost invisible, as many cabins, bins, concrete paths - create the feeling that you are in the city. "Dunes" more wild beach, there are more trees, less creations of human hands. Finally, the sand here is even and flat, while on Laskovoy it is hilly and viscous, so it is more convenient to play sports and walk in Dunes, while on Laskovoy you can hide behind the hills from the wind and prying eyes.

It is pleasant to walk along such a flat coast, you can even ride a bicycle.

A lone sail turns white.

Or it does not turn white, but turns yellow ... In the distance you can see the building of the sanatorium in the village of Repino.

The setting sun draws a sunny path on the water.

Of course, I went for a swim. On the waves it is especially nice! The water in the Gulf of Finland was cooler than in forest lake. But clean and transparent. And the expanse of the sea, the feeling of freedom - you can't replace it with anything ...

Clouds over the bay. Beauty!

On the other side of the beach you can see the Sestroretsky Resort. A wide rainbow formed above him.

On the beach there is a pier. You can walk along it, admiring the bay. And you can fish.

Residents of St. Petersburg are happy people, because our sunsets over the sea are the most beautiful!

Waves in the rays of the setting sun....

Sunset sand...

Before leaving the horizon, the sun came out from behind the clouds, as if it had decided to show goodbye.

All. Sunset. And the sky began to resemble smoldering corners. It is time. We did not have time to take the train, but we got on the 211 bus, and in 50 minutes it took us to the Black River.

When we turned onto the forest road from the asphalt, we thought that the seagulls that we were given to drink half an hour ago in Rakov were some kind of hallucinogenic :) Well, how else to explain that we were addicted to ... cowboys? No, seriously - it's cowboys - on horseback, in characteristic hats, moving steadily towards us ... in the Belarusian forest, yeah.

But the camera, which I did manage to raise to the mirage, confirmed two things:
1. There were no additives in the tea, everything was as usual - hay and ink :)
2. The windshield should be washed well, otherwise the cowboys turned out like a fog

Moving away from one cognitive dissonance, I immediately fell into another - to see the ship's forest on ... sand dunes it was incredibly weird. However, when I wrote about it on Instagram, I was told that for the west of Russia, for example. This is also quite familiar. Well, maybe - but I was surprised.

Literally half an hour of walking on the coast of the Isloch River - and the camera was replenished with several frames, but on the contrary, the head seemed to be empty - fresh air and a walk through the forest help such ease.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

And along the way, they captured various beautiful things!

We walked and ran past the beach-platform on the rocks (), and found there a lot of activity - November is just around the corner, but the swimming season in Antalya is far from closed for everyone! And this is despite the fact that it is cool to swim here even in summer, cold springs beat somewhere under the water.
Under the first cut there are 8 more shots of the sea with swimmers and we are reclining on the grass in the same park. And below - we dive into the sand dunes of a pine forest!

6. And we admired this tree, exhausted after a run and breakfast (also not an easy task :), lying on the grass :)

7. Who is on the chair, who is on the mat, but everyone seems to be happy :)

8. A giant soccer ball was placed on the road to Kundu as an advertisement for turf (or whatever it is called). However, it didn’t work out to photograph him so that he visually “lyed on the grass” :)

We stopped in front of this intersection - Onur finally decided to show me an unusual forest that occupies a rather large area between the road and the Lara beaches.

Sand dunes and picturesque gnarled pines on them, stretching for almost 4 km along the road - this spectacle caught my eye from the very first days after moving to Kunda.

The territory of this forest, squeezed into a ring by the city, beach infrastructure, highway and resort area, is now used for horseback riding tours and quad bike safaris, and in some places there are encroachments of local residents grabbing flat areas for their gardens ... smoothly flowing into greenhouses ... until the next government, to attract voters, becomes generous with permission for building the once inviolable forest zone. Recently, across the road next to someone's greenhouses, a fire "suddenly" broke out, spread to the territory of the forest, many trees died ... the greenhouses "miraculously" survived. It is very likely that this was a deliberate arson - not uncommon with forest areas that someone would very much like to turn into their own source of income.
The inhabitants of the nearest microdistricts come here for picnics, but they don’t have the habit of taking out the garbage, damn it. And what a forest park could be created here! Equipped, but retaining this beautiful "wildness" and some even otherworldliness.

I propose to walk together along the dunes among the bizarre bends of southern pines, forgetting for a while about the bustling city that surrounded us from all sides.
Photos in the album "Kundu ormanı" M eladan on Yandex.Photos. +36 frames under the cut.

11. Traces of jeeps and ATVs are found here and there, and from somewhere far away you can hear the noise of motors, but they drive far, and the sounds coming seem fake :)

13. We came across a whole meadow of wild flowering beauty;)

15. The city and the invaders-greenhouses break into the forest world ...

17. On our way we met two beds of dry streams. No pipes are visible from the side of the road, perhaps these streams are forever buried by man? Why then be surprised at the annual floods during heavy rains, when mountain streams overflow and, together with rainwater, flood entire streets and fields?

26. Another stream, view towards the road.

28. Traces of unknown animals ... a whole flock of dogs lives in the forest, but you can’t meet them during the day, so the walk is quite safe.

Reserves of the Moscow region are small areas of untouched nature with many plants and animals. They are especially significant territories protected by the state. The beauty and diversity of natural resources are admired by thousands of people. In such places, you can hide from the bustle of the metropolis and study the specific features of the local flora and fauna.

There are several territories under state protection in the Moscow region, including 161 wildlife sanctuaries and 81 natural monument. There are also nature reserves and natural parks. Rest in such areas will help restore physical and mental strength.

Let us dwell in more detail on each of these places and consider the main reserves of the Moscow region.

"Moose Island"

This is a region in the north-east of Moscow lands. It stretches from the Sokolniki park area and stretches to Korolev, Shchelkovo, Balashikha in the form of a kind of corner between two highways. The reserve includes six forest parks.

Earth national park occupy 12 thousand hectares. There are also conifers, and birch forests, and marshy meadows, and swampy areas. Two rivers flow through these lands - Yauza and Pekhorka.

Moose can be found in the reserve. This is the largest mammal in the Moscow region. Total in nature park live:

• 44 different kind animals of the class of mammals;
• 170 varieties of birds;
• 9 types of amphibians;
• 5 types of reptiles;
• 19 varieties of fish.

80% of the park's land is forests. 800 plant species grow here, including those included in the Red Book.

Prioksko-Terrasny Reserve

Another area related to state reserves Moscow region. The reserve is located on the left bank of the Oka, near the Serpukhov lands.

There are 1000 species of rare plants, as well as many pines. Moreover, there are areas with both northern vegetation and southern steppe.

This is one of the smallest reserves in Moscow and the Moscow region, it occupies only 5 thousand hectares. 142 species of birds and 57 species of mammals live here. The pride of the park is the bison, which has recently been on the verge of extinction.

Zavidovsky Reserve

This park occupies Moscow and Tver lands. UNESCO has rated the park as one of the cleanest places in the world. The territory was formed in 1972. The total size of land is 126 thousand hectares.

The territory, which belongs to the type of reserves and parks of the Moscow region, is famous for its beautiful nature, wealth of animals and flora. Various types of forests grow here, excellent meadows stretch, water sports plants.

The fauna of the park includes 40 species of mammals. You can meet a hare, a fox, a roe deer, a deer, a wild boar, a raccoon dog. Partridge, black grouse, capercaillie are common among birds.

Breams, breams, burbots, pikes live in the reservoirs of this area; carp and silver carp are also bred.

"Crane Homeland"

The writer Mikhail Prishvin gave the name to the lands. They are located in the northeast of the Moscow region. This is a large swampy lowland with a scale of more than 300 square meters.

Not too long ago, the territory was assigned to the reserves of the Moscow region. The size of the territories protected by the authorities is more than 36 thousand hectares. Rare species of animals live here and unique plantings grow. Cranes fly here, and the complex is an ornithological territory. It is no coincidence that the Crane Festival is held here every year. There is also the Crane Museum, where you can get acquainted with the history of this natural area and learn many interesting facts about the life of cranes.

By 2020, it is planned to create a Natural Park here.

Cherustinsky forest

This is a forest area in the east of the Moscow region, which is part of the famous Meshchera - a forest-marshy region. Oak forests are replaced by swampy pine, black alder and many other types of forests. The scale of forests is 21.7 thousand hectares.

The rarest species of animals live here, single plants grow, including those included in the Red Book.

This territory, considered one of the reserves of the Moscow region, was created to protect the ecological system and rare representatives of the animal and plant world. The authorities guard the Cherustinsky forest.

What is forbidden to do?

These are the main reserves of the Moscow region, the names and descriptions of which we have reviewed. It is interesting to know what restrictions are imposed on citizens during their stay on such lands.

Any human activity that is contrary to the goals of creating the territory is not allowed in the reserves.

Any kind of hunting and other types of wildlife use are not allowed. Sometimes amateur fishing is allowed without the right to sell. Citizens who do not work in the reserve are allowed to be in the reserve only with special documents.

Other protected areas

We examined the main reserves of the Moscow region, the list of names of which is presented in the article. But there are also reserves. They differ in that some species of plants and animals are protected on their territory, and not the complex as a whole.

Among the reserves are the following:

• Teryaevskiye Prudy is a nature reserve in the Volokolamsk region, which is home to rare animals and birds. Here is the Joseph-Volotsky Monastery, which is a monument of architecture.
• Kuzminsky complex reserve - also located in the Volokolamsky district, occupies more than 4 thousand hectares. It was created with the aim of preserving nature in its natural state, as well as protecting unique varieties of plants, fungi, and animals.
• Pine forests on sand dunes is an area in the Voskresensky district of the Moscow region with an area of ​​​​738 hectares. It is a territory of outwash landscape with sand dunes. Rare plant species are protected. There is a colony of gray herons.
• The raised swamp Ramenskoye is a nature reserve in the Dmitrovsky district of the Moscow region with an area of ​​578 hectares. Created to preserve endangered flora and fauna.
• High quality pine forests of the Rogachev forestry - reserve Dmitrovsky district, which protects rare forest areas, as well as plants, lichens and animals.
• The Klinsky reserve is spruce forests in the Klinsky district, in which there is a large colony of gray herons.

In sanctuaries, unlike nature reserves, temporary bans are introduced on the use of natural resources. As a rule, each reserve is created to preserve a single species of plants or animals. Most often, they prohibit actions that destroy the integrity of the ecosystem. To ensure integrity, specific activities are not allowed in the reserves. Entry Vehicle also not allowed without special permission from the authorities.

Violations of any established rules will result in a fine. For entry into protected areas, the car owner may be deprived of the car.