Klintstien - engelsk
Sønderklint 3.
Intro
A walk along the cliff path offers beautiful sea views. In the summer months, you may be lucky to see porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with their young hunting for herrings and other fish along the coast.
The coastal path between Stenkalven (the Stone Calf) and the south-facing cliffs, Sønderklint.
A walk along the cliff path offers beautiful sea views. In the summer months, you may be lucky to see porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) with their young hunting for herrings and other fish along the coast.
The porpoise is a small whale and the only one to breed in Danish waters. The male weighs 60 kilos while the female is both larger and heavier, weighing up to 75 kilos. The porpoise is darkish grey on the upper part with an almost white under part. They feed on small fish and eat up to 4 kilos per day.
Along the cliff path, there are large patches of sloe bushes (Prunus spinosa). The sloe is a fiercely thorny bush belonging to the rose family. It originates from Europe and Western Asia and flowers early in spring with masses of white flowers before coming into leaf. The fruits are black with a bluish coating. They taste very sour, but become sweet and aromatic after exposure to frost.
The bushes grow to a height of about two metres, but spread via subterranean suckers and can form an impenetrable thicket.
Notice how the cliffs are being eroded. Each year during the autumn and winter storms, erosion steadily eats away at the land. Due to the risk of landslides, we recommend that you keep to the path and don’t go near the edge.