The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):Species | Red List Category | Season | Year(s) | Population estimate at site | IBA criteria met |
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European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus | LC | breeding | 1990-2000 | 16 breeding pairs | C6 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus | LC | breeding | 1990-2000 | 2 breeding pairs | C6 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus | LC | breeding | 1990-2000 | 23 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black Kite Milvus migrans | LC | breeding | 1990-2000 | 7 breeding pairs | C6 |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).
Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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Trockenverbund am Rand des Nördlinger Rieses | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 922 | protected area overlaps with site | 100 |
Schutz von Landschaftsteilen im Bereich der Stadt Harburg und der Gemeinde Großsorheim | Landscape Protection Area | 147 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Schutz von Landschaftsteilen im Bereich der Stadt Harburg und der Gemeinde Großsorheim | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 147 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Riesalb mit Kesseltal | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 12,069 | protected area overlaps with site | 12,069 |
Prälatenweiher;alte Steinbrüche bei Oberringingen und Sternbach | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 7 | protected area contained by site | 8 |
Oberes Kesseltal | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 1,063 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Oberes Kesseltal | Landscape Protection Area | 1,063 | protected area contained by site | 1,063 |
Nebel-; Kloster- und Brunnenbach | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 273 | protected area overlaps with site | 171 |
Mausohrkolonien in und am Rand der Schwäbischen Alb | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1 | protected area overlaps with site | 1 |
Kesseltal mit Kessel; Hahnenbach und Köhrlesbach | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 224 | protected area contained by site | 212 |
Jurawälder nördlich Höchstädt | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 3,812 | protected area overlaps with site | 3,819 |
Härtsfeld | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 3,363 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern Danube valley and southern Riesalb. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-danube-valley-and-southern-riesalb-iba-germany on 19/03/2024.