
29 Nature reserves
Around De Panne there are 29 nature reserves, on both sides of the French border.
- De Westhoek: 345 hectares of dunes, beach, woodland, meadows and marshes, home to more than 200 bird species.
Zwarten Hoek: old dunes, damp dune valleys, reed beds and pools where spoonbills and avocets can be seen. Houtsaegerduinen: shifting dunes and moss dunes between De Panne and Sint-Idesbald. Oosthoekduinen: a dune and woodland area of about 80 hectares. In France: the Dune du Perroquet near Bray-Dunes and the Dune Dewulf, almost 300 hectares of dunes towards Dunkirk.










