Herperduin Nature Reserve

Herperduin Nature Reserve is part of De Maashorst, one of the largest connected nature areas in North Brabant. Covering approximately 400 hectares, Herperduin is owned and managed by the Municipality of Oss.

Originally, Herperduin consisted of heathland and drifting sand dunes. From the end of the nineteenth century onwards, large numbers of Scots pines were planted to provide timber for mining and to stabilise the shifting sands.

In recent years, this process has partly been reversed in selected areas. Trees are being removed to restore a more varied and open landscape, creating greater biodiversity and bringing back elements of the area's original heathland and sand drift character.

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