Germany’s Central Uplands may not rival the Alps in height, but their quiet charm lies in ancient forests and wild beauty. Through the autumn forest the booming call of a stag echoes through the mist – it’s rutting season! In Saxon Switzerland, peregrine falcons and black storks inhabit picturesque cliffs. The elusive lynx roams the forests, while in the Harz and a new, wilder forest is growing after challenges of changes in climate and beetles devastation.