The socalled ‘Albstedter Sande’ are located on the southern edge of the district of Cuxhaven. Passers-by may look in vain for a sign for a nature reserve or SAC, but there is a special habitat hidden here: The old sand extraction pits, with their waterbodies and diggable soil, can offer pioneer species such as the endangered natterjack toad ideal conditions for reproduction and survival. (...) A new jigsaw piece in the biotope network for the natterjack toad (district of Cuxhaven)