REESEN will in the future present the joint excursions of travel writer Joscha Remus and nature photographer Raymond Clement in the most beautiful parts of Luxembourg on a regular basis. In this issue, they explore cormorants at the Obersauer reservoir, a cloth factory, the oldest cultural plants of humanity, a mussel farm, and an astonishing primeval forest in the Our Nature Park.
The Obersauer Nature Park in the Ösling is Luxembourg’s water region, with the Obersauer reservoir as its centerpiece. On a late summer morning, it lies before us like it’s been sketched with pastel pencils. A delicate charm in milky blue. The light magician Raymond Clement likes to capture these tones early in the morning with his camera, when the natural light gives soft contours. A time to enjoy the silence, with seabirds often just glimpsed through the morning mist on the branches. The gifted nature photographer Clement repeatedly succeeds in capturing this silence in his images. The Obersauer Nature Park has long been a retreat for endangered animals like the little owl and hazel grouse. On the shore of the reservoir, Raymond focuses his lens on a cormorant. Patiently, the bird perches on a rocky ledge right by the water. One can guess what the skillful fish lover with its distinctive beak is after. For centuries, the cormorant was fiercely hunted. Now, it is strictly protected in Luxembourg, with up to 500 of these water birds counted annually in the local waters. Even though the majority of these beautiful wild birds — which can grow up to a meter in size — only use the land as a stopover, they are once again part of the remarkable natural wonders of the Ösling water worlds.
