Egå Engsø blev etableret i 2006 og allerede indenfor det første
år er det blevet et paradis for fugle og fugleelskere. Det er
muligt at iagttage adskillige fuglearter, som man ellers sjældent
ser i den danske fauna. Der ses svaner og adskillige andefugle og
der ses en del vadefugle. Af rovfugle kan man bl.a. være heldig at
se den store fiskeørn kredse over området.
I stenalderen var hele dette lavområde en fjord forbundet med
Århus bugten, hvori de omkringboende stenalderfolk fiskede. Der var
sågar spækhuggere i fjorden.
Op gennem bronze- og jernalderen blev fjorden efterhånden til en
lavvandet sø omgivet af fugtige enge med et rigt dyreliv. I
1950’erne blev der oprettet pumpestation for afvanding af området
så det kunne bruges som landbrugsland og hermed forsvandt det rige
dyreliv fra området. Med etableringen af engsøen har naturen
heldigvis fået plads igen.
Der er mulighed for at gå hele vejen rundt om søen, en tur på
ca. 7 km.
Paradise of the ornithologist
Egaa Engsoe was established as a meadow lake in 2006 and already
within the first year it became a paradise for birds and bird
lovers. It is possible to observe quite a few species that you
seldom see in the Danish fauna. You will see swans and a lot of
ducks and some wading birds. Among bird of preys you might be lucky
to see an osprey circling over the area.
This whole area was in the Stone Age an inlet connected to the
bay of Aarhus where Stone Age people were fishing. There were
actually also whales like killers in the inlet.
Up through the Bronze Age and the Iron Age the inlet became a
shallowed lake surrounded by moistured meadows having a rich
wildlife. In the 1950’s a pumping station was established draining
off the area converting it to farm land and the rich wildlife
disappeared. Establishment of the meadow lake has fortunately
brought back the rich nature again.
It is possible to take a 7 km. walk around the lake.