Sanctuary “Complex of damp meadows and forest swamps in the eastern part of the Torgashinsky forestry. Give them tsyurupas. Sanctuary "Pine forests on sand dunes." Churkin Nikolay Pavlovich Pine forests on sand dunes reserve

Voskresensky district located on the western edge of the Meshchera Lowland, 88 km to southeast of Moscow. The district includes 5 villages and 80 rural settlements. Voskresensky region with its fields and meadows interspersed with the greenery of forests, the mirror surface lakes, Moscow River with its tributaries Nerskaya, Medvedka, Semislavka - it is 811 square meters. km, of which 40% of the total area is forest. WITH Voskresensky district adjacent Ramensky, Orekhovo-Zuevsky, Egoryevsky, Kolomensky And Stupinsky areas.

Voskresensky district is located in the mixed forest zone. Pine forests predominate, with an admixture of birch, oak, linden, hazel, rowan, and honeysuckle. The place of former forests is occupied by agricultural lands or secondary small tracts of birch forests.

lakeness territory is 0.4%. total area water surface of different origins is 3.4 sq. km. The swampiness of the territory is 2.2%.

Surface of the territory Voskresensky district mostly flat with small hills. Highest point district (128 m) is located on the border with the Yegoryevsky district. Most low areas located in floodplains rivers.

The Voskresensky district is characterized by a relatively developed hydrographic network. Bed of the Moscow River cuts the territory of the region into two parts - right bank and left bank. The right bank side, compared to the left bank, is more elevated and less indented by rivers and ravines. The left bank side or northeastern part of the region is mostly lowland, cut by numerous rivers, flat ravines, lakes and swamps. Moskva river has the Otra River as its right tributary and the Nerskaya, Medvedka, Semislavka rivers as its left tributaries. The river flow is calm, the average speed is 0.3 m/sec. The main source of nutrition is snow water. The share of snow nutrition is 60%, rain - 20% and about 20% comes from underground and groundwater. There are many springs in the river valleys.

The picturesque nature of the region, large forests, and an abundance of water bodies are favorable for climatotherapy and treatment. There are mineral springs in the area.

In the territory Voskresensky district The following specially protected reserves are located: the reserve " Moskvoretsky floodplain", natural monuments: "Pine forests on sand dunes", "Khlopkovskaya colony of gray herons", "Moskvoretskaya oak grove"In these territories you can find such rare plant species as Siberian iris and white water lily.

In the territory Moskvoretsky floodplain reserve nest different types birds: black-headed and little gulls, white-winged, black and common terns, turukhtans, ruches, various river and diving ducks. From protected rare in the Moscow region Species here include the great grebe, black-necked grebe, great and little bittern, black kite and other bird species. On migration there are white-fronted and gray geese (12-15 thousand at a time), various ducks, gray cranes, 11 species of waders. Hunting and commercial bird species nest in large numbers on the territory of the facility. This is one of the most important in the center of the European part Russian Federation a stopping place on the spring migration of thousands of flocks of geese, ducks and other water birds.

History of the Voskresensky district

The first mention of settlements in these places was found in 1339, in a spiritual testament Ivan Kalita.

The lives of many wonderful people of the Russian state are connected with the Voskresensky region. The prince spent his childhood years in the village of Marchugi Dmitry Pozharsky. The famous writer Ivan Lazhechnikov lived in the Krasnoe Seltso estate. IN Spasskoe estate have worked Nikolay Gogol. Nikolai Gogol spent his last summer in this village.

Writers and poets Boris Pilnyak, Konstantin Vanshenkin, Inna Goff, actor Vasily Kachalov, artist Konstantin Korovin, conductor and pianist Mikhail Pletnev left their memories in Voskresensk.

Great cultural and historical potential is presented estate complexes, cultural buildings, architectural monuments , historical and memorial sites. High density historical and cultural monuments in a relatively small area, convenience geographical location, the presence of waterways and railways, a developed network of good highways create easy accessibility for visiting memorable places tourist groups.

When we turned onto the forest road from the asphalt, we thought that the seagulls that they gave us half an hour ago in Rakovo were somehow hallucinogenic :) Well, how else can we explain that we were attracted to... cowboys? No, seriously - exactly cowboys - on horses, in characteristic hats, moving steadily towards us... in a Belarusian forest, yeah.

But the camera, which I managed 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 will look like they’re in a fog.

Having moved away from one cognitive dissonance, I immediately fell into another - seeing a ship’s forest on... sand dunes was incredibly strange. However, when I wrote about this on Instagram, they told me that for the west of Russia, for example. This is also quite common. Well, perhaps – but it surprised me.

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

Natural features of protected areas:

The reserve is located in the zone of distribution of weakly undulating wet and damp aquaglacial plains of the Meshchera Lowland, formed on the site of ancient drainage 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 above-floodplain terraces, complicated by ridge-hilly sandy outcrops. The roof of the pre-Quaternary foundation of the area is represented by Upper Jurassic clays and sands. The absolute heights of the territory vary from 107 m above sea level (middle water line in the Nerskaya River) to 141 m above sea level (top of the hill on the eastern border of the reserve).
Section No. 1 of the reserve is represented by sandy valley-outwash hills and the left bank section of the Nerskaya River valley, complicated by numerous ridge-hilly outcrops. The absolute heights of the surfaces of Site No. 1 range from 107 m (water mark of the Nerskaya River) on the northern border of the site to 135 m (top of the hill) on the southern border of the site. 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°. In the interhill depressions there are hollows and beams with flat sides (6-8°).
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 river’s edge) and sections of the floodplain 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 of 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, talus sand walls were formed in places.
In Site No. 1, a large number of anthropogenic landforms have been formed - linear (firebreaks, embankments on dirt roads) and point (potholes along dirt roads) objects.
Section No. 2 of the reserve includes hilly-undulating surfaces of the valley-outwash plain, composed of ancient alluvial-fluvioglacial sands, as well as a fragment of the Nerskaya River valley with sections of two above-floodplain terraces. The absolute heights of the surfaces in Section No. 2 of the reserve vary from 111 m (in the valley of the Nerskaya River in the northwestern corner of the site) to 141 m (the top of the hill on the eastern border of the site).
In Section No. 3 of the reserve there is a small fragment of the left bank valley of the Nerskaya River with a floodplain. The absolute heights of Section N 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 watercourses within the reserve. In some places in the valley of the Nerskaya River there are waterlogged near-terrace depressions; in Site No. 1 there are swampy black alder forests and areas of lowland swamps.
The soil cover of the territory is represented by sod-podzols on elevations and gley sod-podzols on depressions. The floodplain of the Nerskaya River contains alluvial light-humus soils. Humus-gley soils were formed in damp hollows and depressions, humus-gley soils were formed in near-terrace depressions (under swampy black alder forests), and alluvial peat-gley soils were formed in areas of floodplain lowland swamps.
The territory of the reserve is dominated by old-growth pine forests with undergrowth of spruce and oak, grass-green moss forests with areas of dead cover, lichen-green moss and shrub-green moss forests. There are also pine forests, swampy black alder wet grass forests and small areas of lowland and ancient swamps in the valley of the Nerskaya River.
The vegetation on Site No. 1 is represented mainly by mature pine forests, green moss and forb-green moss, 80-90 years old. Pines have quality class I and a height of about 30 m or more. Crown density - 0.4. The shrub layer is poorly developed and is represented by brittle buckthorn. The undergrowth contains pines and spruces of different ages, as well as mountain ash.
The herbaceous-shrub layer is sparse, mosaic, represented by blueberries, lingonberries, lily of the valley, hawkweed, common or wild strawberries, bifolia, northern linnaea, speedwell, meadow marianberry, common goldenrod, hairy grass, in some areas - fragrant spikelet, sheep fescue, cat's foot, dog violet, soft bedstraw, ground reed grass. A stable population of the winter-loving umbrella plant, listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, is noted here.
The moss cover is 80-85%, Schreber's pleurocium dominates, and Dicranum coronalis and Hylocomium lucidum are also found.
On the slopes of ridge-hilly sandy outcrops, grass cover is practically absent. Pure pine green moss forests are widespread here, with dead cover in some areas, and in some places with lichens (cladonia and cetraria). In inter-hill depressions, linden and tall spruce undergrowth are added to the pine in the upper tier. The shrub layer is represented by warty euonymus, raspberry, forest honeysuckle, and common elderberry. The grass cover consists of common bracken, reed reed grass, wood sorrel, palmate sedge, fence pea, as well as lily of the valley and peach bell (a rare and vulnerable species not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but requiring constant control and observation on its territory). In the upper part of the slope, in a green moss pine forest with sparse spruce undergrowth (up to 3-4 m in height), club mosses (a rare and vulnerable species not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but requiring constant control and observation on its territory) and annual, as well as several specimens of goodyera repens. Here and there grow bracken, fragrant spikelet, sweet-smelling rose, oak grass, and 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 are noted here and there. The herbaceous-shrub layer is represented by palmate sedge, fragrant sedge, stoneweed, common strawberry, stiff-leaved chickweed, hairy bristle grass, drooping pearl barley, bifolia, common goldenrod, European milkweed, soft bedstraw, lingonberry, lerchenfeldia, and winter-loving pike Zotnic and club moss (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). In some places, there are areas of lingonberry green moss pine forests with spruce undergrowth, where sheep fescue, common gum clapper, ortilia lopsided and annual moss also grow.
Along the river bank there are pine forests with oak (trunk diameter about 30 cm) and mountain ash up to 6-7 m in height, and in some places there are young birch and aspen forests. Brittle buckthorn, warty euonymus, oval serviceberry and raspberry also grow here; in some places, undergrowth of oak and linden up to 10 m in height is noted. Along the shore, under the trees, there are forest and meadow grasses: common strawberry, lily of the valley, hedgehog grass, narrow-leaved willowherb, sorrel, autumn kulbab, St. John's wort, meadow timothy, meadow and oak bluegrass, soddy pike, meadow and Phrygian cornflowers, umbrella hawksbill , fragrant spikelet, common yarrow, Fischer's carnation, field bark, male shield, common blackcap, thistle, variegated sedum, large sedum.
Along the banks of the Nerskaya River there are also swampy black alder forests with bird cherry, wet grass with thistle, common loosestrife, floating manna, tripartite, coltsfoot, common plantain, meadowsweet, forest reed, stinging nettle, spreading rush, creeping buttercup, pepper mountaineers and bindweed, river horsetail, river horsetail, ivy bud, southern reed, common impatiens, greater celandine.
In some places in the river valley there are lowland and ancient wet-grass-sedge bogs with meadowsweet, vesicular and swollen sedges.
On Site No. 2 in block 16 there are tall-stemmed pine hazel forb-broadgrass forests (transformed forest crops). Pines have a trunk diameter of about 45 cm. The canopy density of common hazel reaches 90%. The herbaceous cover is dominated by common chickweed, stiff-leaved chickweed, ivy-shaped bud, creeping loosestrife, coined loosestrife, carthusian shieldweed, river grass, angustifolia fireweed, common loosestrife, aromatic butum, angelica forest, male shieldweed, lily of the valley, spicate crow, stoneweed. Oak undergrowth and raspberries in places were noted.
In blocks 10 and 15, pine forests predominate with the participation of lily-of-the-valley-bilberry-green-moss spruce, in which spruce is found in the undergrowth, and in some places extends into the first tier. Here, the undergrowth includes low oaks, as well as forest apple and mountain ash, and warty euonymus and raspberries grow from the bushes. The herbaceous cover includes drooping pearl barley, meadow grass, meadow greenweed, sweet-scented rosemary, European rosewort, lingonberry, northern linnaea, hairy grass, thin bentgrass, oak grass bluegrass, common strawberry, sour sorrel, great plantain, Carthusian shieldweed, reed reed grass, Veronica officinalis , giant fescue, soft bedstraw, oak grass, common blackcap, angelica, common wormwood, forest cudweed, common goldenrod, spreading bluebell. This area of pine forest closer to the road is heavily littered and disturbed.
In the center of block 15 there is an area of sparse green moss pine forest with undergrowth of oak, pine and low spruce. Here the grass cover is dominated by sheep's fescue, meadow grass, common goldenrod, and in some places ground reed grass, European sagewort, wood sorrel, sedge palmate, fragrant spikelet, bifolia, ortilia unilateral, and also winter-loving umbellate grow.
In block 17 there are also mature and maturing green moss pine forests; there are small areas of pine plantings of a younger age (about 60 years old). A significant part of the center of the block is occupied by bushy woodlands, which could have formed at the site of deforestation or fire.
Plot No. 3 occupies the small north-eastern part of block 10, where there are mature green moss pine forests and, in places, spruce with young undergrowth. In the grass cover there are areas with a predominance of lingonberries and wood sorrel, as well as lily of the valley and bracken. In the depression along the Yegoryevskoye Highway there was a small area of damp black alder with meadowsweet, nettles and other wet grasses.
The territory of the reserve is home to 63 species of vertebrates, including three species of amphibians, one species of reptiles, 44 species of birds and 15 species of mammals.
Due to the fact that there are no reservoirs or streams within the boundaries of the reserve, the ichthyofauna is not represented on its territory.
The basis of the faunal complex of terrestrial vertebrates consists of species characteristic of coniferous and mixed forests of the Non-Black Earth center of Russia. Species that are ecologically associated with tree and shrub vegetation dominate; the inhabitants of the meadows, fields and wetlands of the territory are represented in approximately equal numbers, significantly inferior in the number of species to representatives of the “forest” group.
There are four main zoo complexes (zooformations) on the territory of the reserve: coniferous forests, deciduous forests, wetland habitats and open habitats.
The zooformation of coniferous forests, widespread in the pine and spruce forests of the reserve, occupies the predominant part of its area - most of Areas No. 1, 2, as well as the entire Area No. 3. The bulk of the population of coniferous forests consists of typical “conifer-loving” species, such as: bank vole, common squirrel, pine marten, great spotted woodpecker, common woodpecker, chiffchaff, puffer, jay, gray flycatcher. It is in the pure pine green moss forests of the reserve in Area No. 1 that a rare species of reptile is most often found - the sand lizard, listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region. Also, it is in the pine forests of the reserve that the tufted tit and thrush constantly live - rare and vulnerable bird species that are not included in the Red Book of the Moscow Region, but require constant control and observation in the region.
In areas of deciduous forests (in the territory of the reserve these are mainly black alder forests, developed in Site No. 1), natives of European broad-leaved forests predominate - Robin, Blackbird, Oriole, Warbler, Black-headed Warbler, Pied Flycatcher and some other species.
In all types of forests in all areas of the reserve there are common cuckoo, chaffinch, common nuthatch, song thrush, fieldfare, willow warbler, and great tit.
Zooformation of meadow habitats, compared to forest zooformations, is significantly less widespread within the reserve. This type of animal population is mainly associated with meadows in the valley of the Nerskaya River (Site No. 1), forest edges, forest clearings, clearings and clearings (Site Nos. 1, 2). Typical inhabitants of the meadow and edge complexes of the reserve are the buzzard, forest pipit, gray warbler, stonechat, common lentil, common bunting, shrike, white wagtail, magpie, common mole and some other species. It is in 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 require constant control and observation in the region: quail and meadow pipit. Also, mainly in the meadows, as well as in clearings and forest clearings of Section No. 1 of the reserve, you can find the common honey buzzard, listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region.
In wetland habitats associated primarily with the floodplain of the Nerskaya River (Site No. 1), small mustelids often hunt: primarily American mink, as well as weasel and ermine. Rodents here are represented by river beaver, as well as water and field voles. The most common birds in these habitats are mallards, black and common sandpipers, garden warblers, river crickets, garden warblers, lesser spotted woodpeckers and nightingales. Gray herons come here to feed. It is in the floodplain of the Nerskaya River that a rare species of bird of prey is found - the black kite, listed in the Red Book of the Moscow Region. In wetland biotopes, grass frogs, common frogs, and lake frogs are abundant.
In all types of natural communities of the reserve there are raven, common fox, mountain 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 requiring constant control and observation in the region.

After a trip to Yaropolets, where our attention was attracted by a number of cars with Picnic stickers on the side of the road, we began to wonder what it was. I already had some information from the geocaching.su website forum. After my wife bombarded me with questions, it was decided to familiarize myself with the format of the competition in more detail, and when I remembered this, it so happened that the registration procedure for the next stage, which was supposed to take place in Voskresensky, Orekhovo, was just beginning on the website orientirov.net -Zuevsky and Yegoryevsky districts. The application was sent immediately and the wait for the action itself began. I was very curious about what was there...
And then November 14 came. Rise at 5.45, quick preparations and forced march to Naro-Fominsk for our back-navigator Nastya. We met and moved to the accompaniment of rain and good music towards Voskresensk along my favorite concrete road. We reached the Khimik base camp without any special incidents, although I successfully missed the entrance and had to turn around. There were a lot of cars in the camp, although I realized that there were so many closer to the start, when there were a lot of them.
A short search for the registration place and then waiting for the briefing and start in a rather cold dining room, but before that it was necessary to bring the car in accordance with the competition format, namely, stick on the issued numbers.

And now all organizational issues are settled and we go to the starting point, where the organizers give us a map of the competition area, with the indicated control points, carnet, control point location diagram and short description some CP. While we were waiting for the start, we managed to familiarize ourselves with the map and calculate the approximate route.

And so the start was given and at 10:25 we turned around and moved towards the first point, located in Zolotovo, some stupidity of the navigator led to the fact that we approached the abandoned hospital from the other side, immediately saw the checkpoint marked on the post, but it appeared we are not faithful, after all, it didn’t really fit the scheme (this turned out to be the case in reality), having gone a little deeper, we found the necessary control point and now the first photo is ready, but the most important thing is that we received a dose of positivity, that the point was found so successfully and quickly:

I enter the next point into the PDA and we move on, stopping along the way to take another photo. It was Nastya who spotted the gate of the former factory we needed.

Hurray, two checkpoints have already made an excellent start, but then the PDA and our impression let us down. The road led straight to the gates of the monastery being restored, which is located in Faustovo, and only after about thirty minutes did it dawn on me that we had arrived in the wrong place and we needed to go exactly to the place where the checkpoint was indicated on the map. This was our first mistake. What was also confusing was that other participants in the competition came to pick us up. Although the place near the monastery is very, very impressive.

We get into the car and are already driving exactly where we tried to get the first time, and at the same time I turn off the PDA’s ability to plot a route through dirt roads. It's better to drive on asphalt. We arrive at the right place and there it is, the next checkpoint has been taken and there is an excellent view of the Solovetsky Monastery.

Next we go to the distant checkpoint 01, through villages and hamlets we finally get to it and begin to run through the ruins of the former estate until Olya points in the right direction, and that’s how it is.

The trees grow in a row and exactly where the control point is indicated on the diagram and the prism flaunts. We take a photo in front of other participants who stood aside and could not see the desired picture because of the grass.

Hurray, let's move on. I put points on the map that are not there and notice that in Vinogradovo we need a destroyed church and a photo of the altar. We find the right church, and then there’s a stupor... because... We don’t know what the altar part is, but a kind grandmother helps, who tells everything in detail. We take a photo and move on...

This time we are waiting for KP17, at the site of the possible location of the ancient Nikolo-Nersky monastery. We approached the point, and they were just taking a photo there, so we didn’t even have to look for the prism, but just take a photo with it.

And again on the road, to the village named after. Tsyurupa. We needed it there old palace culture, which is now in a very sad state. Local kids quickly realized where all the most interesting things were in their village and had as much fun as they could. And we took another photo and went looking next photo, three kilometers from Tsyurupa, located in the village. Levychino, where the object we need is located.

Questioning the local population clearly brought us to the right point. The tongue will take you to Kyiv - a very accurate saying. As it turned out, we needed a gazebo on the grounds of a local church.

Further on our way was the Pine Forests on Sand Dunes reserve, formed in the 80s of the last century. A beautiful pine forest, with a magical smell and, unfortunately, quite dirty. There we also met for the first time the NTV+ film crew who were preparing a story about this game

After KP04, we set off to look for the year the extension was founded in the village of Mishino (I think I didn’t mix up the name), the PDA brought us exactly to the right place:

There are still many checkpoints ahead, and time is running out. We go further to look for the alarm pole, which, I admit, disappointed me. I expected to see something massive and big, but it turned out to be this:

The next KP27, one of the most beautiful places. Red brick monastery, not far from Kurovsky.

All the farthest points have been passed and you can move on to take the remaining checkpoints. CP20 - we again lost a lot of time on it, we just couldn’t find our bearings. My head was already having difficulty thinking, it was starting to feel tired. Only after about twenty minutes did they figure out where to move and almost immediately a prism was found.

Not far from CP31, there was CP30 with a tricky task in the carnet, but again, I didn’t immediately understand what they were talking about. It said a metal number, but for some reason I thought about a metal prism. The number on the post was clearly visible, and the prism was clearly visible, which seemed to be a trick.

Then the mistakes came one after another, and fatigue began to take its toll. Now I understand that we shouldn’t have stopped in Yegoryevsk, but should have turned around and moved to the village of Baranovskoye, but experience is the son of difficult mistakes. We stopped in Yegoryevsk and noted for ourselves that it is a very nice and cozy town with an amazing Gothic building, which now houses a branch of the STANKIN Institute.
On the way to the Lopatinsky phosphorite quarry we took pictures with the next object we needed. Interesting name Fosforitny village:

Not far from the Lopatinsky quarry there was a huge depository of phosphorogypsum, and there was also a control point, which again we could not find for a long time and lost valuable time:

And then we decided to stop at one more checkpoint before the finish, which was our last mistake, not only did we drive there on a rather bad road, but we also spent a long time looking for it, and then turned the wrong way, deciding to save time, we just lost. Because The puddles on the short route were very large and we did not dare to climb into them.

We arrived at the finish line 17 minutes late and received a 10-point penalty for this. The result of our trip was 20, taken from 24 possible checkpoints, a lot of positive things and experience.
We would like to know the result now, but we decided for ourselves that we will continue to participate in these competitions and are setting ourselves up for victory in the next stage of the Tourism standings. And I would like to say a huge thank you to the organizers for an interesting pastime.

Nature reserves in the Moscow region are small areas of untouched nature with a variety of plants and animals. They are particularly significant areas protected by the state. The beauty and diversity of natural resources arouse the admiration of thousands of people. In such places you can hide from the bustle of the metropolis and explore the specific features of the local flora and fauna.

In the Moscow region there are several territories under state protection, including 161 reserves and 81 natural monument. There are also nature reserves and natural parks. Relaxing 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 nature reserves of the Moscow region.

"Elk Island"

This is a region in the northeast of Moscow lands. It extends from park area"Sokolniki" 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. Here you can see coniferous trees, birch forests, marshy meadows, and swampy areas. Two rivers flow through these lands - the Yauza and Pekhorka.

You can meet moose in the reserve. This is the largest mammal in the Moscow region. Total in natural park inhabit:

44 different species of mammals;
170 species of birds;
9 types of amphibians;
5 types of reptiles;
19 varieties of fish.

80% of the park's land is forest. 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.

Here you can find 1000 species of rare plants, as well as many pine trees. Moreover, there are areas with both northern vegetation and southern steppe vegetation.

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.

Zavidovo reserve

This park occupies Moscow and Tver lands. UNESCO 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 beautiful nature, the wealth of the animal and flora. They grow here different types forests, excellent meadows stretch, there are aquatic species plants.

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

In the reservoirs of this area, white bream, bream, burbot, pike live, and carp and silver carp are also bred.

"Crane Homeland"

The name of the lands was given by the writer Mikhail Prishvin. They are located in the northeast of the Moscow region. This is a large swampy depression measuring more than 300 square meters.

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

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

Cherustinsky forest

This is a forested area in the east of the Moscow region, which is part of the famous Meshchera - a forested and swampy region. Oak groves give way to 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, and isolated plants grow, including those included in the Red Book.

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

What is prohibited?

These are the main nature reserves of the Moscow region, the names and descriptions of which we reviewed. It would be interesting to know what restrictions are imposed on citizens while staying on such lands.

Any human activity that contradicts the purposes of creating the territory is not permitted in nature reserves.

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

Other protected areas

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

Among the reserves we can name the following:

Teryaevskie Ponds is a nature reserve in the Volokolamsk region, home to rare animals and birds. The Joseph-Volotsky Monastery, which is an architectural monument, is also located here.
Kuzminsky complex reserve - also located in the Volokolamsk region, occupies more than 4 thousand hectares. Created with the aim of preserving nature in its natural state, as well as protecting unique varieties of plants, mushrooms, and animals.
Pine forests on sand dunes are an area in the Voskresensky district of the Moscow region with an area of 738 hectares. It is an area of outwash landscape with sand dunes. Rare plant species are protected. There is a colony of gray herons.
The Ramenskoye bog 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.
The high-grade pine forests of the Rogachevsky forestry are a reserve in the Dmitrovsky district, in which rare forest areas, as well as plants, lichens and animals, are protected.
The Klinsky reserve is a spruce forest in the Klinsky district, in which there is a large colony of gray herons.

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

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

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