Pihla-Kaibaldi Nature Reserve

Pihla-Kaibaldi Nature Reserve is a nature reserve situated on Hiiumaa in western Estonia, in Hiiu County.

Pihla-Kaibaldi Nature Reserve
Location	Estonia
Nearest city	Kärdla
Coordinates	58°55′43″N 22°39′38″E
Area	3,780 ha (9,300 acres)

The nature reserve protects a variety of landscape types, like forested sand dunes, several different types of bogs and swamp woods. Estonia's largest area of loose sand (14 ha (35 acres)) is located in the reserve. The nature reserve is an important habitat for several threatened species, e.g. Bog Orchid, Fly Orchid and Brown Beak-Sedge.^[1]

References

1. Protected Natural Objects in Hiiumaa (PDF). Estonian Environmental Board. 2012. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29.