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Avikalnis hill view point
A mixed colony of grey herons (Ardea cinerea) and cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) settled near Juodkrante. This is one of the largest and oldest colonies in Lithuania. 1361 pair of cormorants and 582 pairs of grey herons hatched there in 2000. You can observe the life of these birds too. There is a review ground at the edge of the colony of great cormorants and grey herons ( in the southern part of JuodkrantÄ— settlement). There you will find short information on the breeding location and the birds themselves.
Nagliai strict nature reserve
Nagliai Strict Nature Reserve covers an area of 1680 ha. It is 9 km long and lies between Juodkrante and Pervalka. The most significant in the reserve are the Grey (Dead) Dunes, which are covered with grass vegetation. Underneath are places of old villages that were buried by drifting sand, naturally grown forest and ancient forest soils. In places where the wind blew out deep hollows, the cultural strata of old settlements and buried forest soils can be seen. This reserve is a sanctuary for a number of species, which are included in the Red List. The white-tailed eagle is frequent visitor there too.
Parnidis dune
A view point is set up on the top of Parnidis Dune. It is one of the most popular tourist sites in Nida environs. In 1995, a solar clock was built there. The author of this idea was architect R. Kristapavicius, K. Pudymas sculpted it and R. Klimka made astronomic calculations. The location was chosen by design: the Curonian Spit is the only place in Lithuania where the sun rises from and sets into the surface of water. Till the hurricane “Anatoli”, which stormed in the Curonian Spit on 4 December 1999, the height of the clock’s pointer was 12 m (2 m underground) and its weight was 200 t. After the hurricane, only half of it was left. The pointer is ornamented with calendar celebration symbols copied from the XVII century wooden rune calendars.