Neeruti Landscape Conservation Area is a

nature park A nature park, or sometimes natural park, is a designation for a protected area by means of long-term land planning, sustainable resource management and limitation of agricultural and real estate developments. These valuable landscapes are pres ...

which is located in

Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Viru County ( or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern. Lääne-Viru borders Id ...

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. The area of the nature park is 1250 ha. The protected area was founded in 1957 to protect Neeruti Hills and its surrounding areas. In 1999, the protected area was designated as a landscape conservation area. The Neeruti Hills hide what is believed to be the oldest known nest of the

common buzzard The common buzzard (''Buteo buteo'') is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range. It is a member of the genus '' Buteo'' in the family Accipitridae. The species lives in most of Europe and extends its breeding range across much of ...

, discovered by Marek Vahula in 1982.

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