Current view: Text account
Year of compilation: 2000
Site description (baseline)
Wet grassland and bog in the valley of a tributary of the River Weser.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The site is adversely affected by agricultural intensification and drainage. Wet grassland and bog habitats are being re-created.
National Partial
International NoneIBA overlaps with Nature Reserves.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bastau lowlands. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/3342 on 02/06/2023.