[3][4][6] Its habitat consists of raised bogs (once part of the seabed), former islands (during the Stone Age), and a large area of coastal hills and beach meadows.

[4] Rye was cultivated in Lille Vildmose prior to the medieval period when hemp was introduced for diversification, after ca.

Agricultural production dropped and farmland in Lille Vildmose was abandoned between 1360 and 1540 due to the Black Death plague, resulting in the regeneration of woodland.

In 2003, together with Mols Bjerge and Møn, Lille Vildmose was selected by the Ministry of the Environment to participate in a pilot project to develop a model for Danish national parks.

An eagle simulator, landscape models, interactive exhibits, recreation areas for children, and hiking paths are other features.

Golden jackal and wolf, which have recently expanded their ranges into Denmark from Germany, have been recorded in Lille Vildmose since 2016 and 2021 respectively.

Among the numerous other birds that can be found in the bog are cormorants, cranes, ravens, red kites, eastern marsh harrier, short-eared owls.

However, while they had achieved the goal of diversifying the nature in Lille Vildmose, they required extensive maintenance (also because they were covered by the same laws as fully captive cattle) and in 2015 it was decided that they would be moved elsewhere.

[14] In 2019-21, European bison, another species that disappeared from Denmark several thousand years ago, was introduced to the Tofte forest in Lille Vildmose.