Ainavu Dārgumi
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Teiči Bog
Vidzeme
Listen to the landscape

Teiči bog is one of the largest intact moss bogs in the Baltics. It began to develop 10 000 to 12 000 years ago. Most of the Teiči bog is made up of a raised or moss bog with stunted pines, heather and cranberries, quagmires and 19 lakes, the largest of which are the Kurtava, Pieslaita, Mindauga and Liepsala. Thousands of cranes rest here in the autumn while flocks of geese spend the night on the lakes, but in the spring, the mating call of the black grouse resounds across the meadows. The viewing tower at Siksala has recently been renovated and reveals a wide panorama of the Teiči Bog.

  • More than 900 plants, 332 butterflies, 41 mammals and 190 breeding bird species have been identified in the bog. The Teiči bog is one of the few in Latvia where the black-throated diver – the symbol of the nature reserve – nests.
  • Siksala – in the very centre of the Teiči bog – was once inhabited by Russian Old believers. They had lived here since the times of Tsar Peter the Great, but the island in now uninhabited.
  • The bog’s Sildu plank way has been renovated so that guides can lead visitors through the beautiful, pristine bog landscape.

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