Data Zone
Country/territory: Germany
IBA criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B3, C3, C4, C6 (2002)
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Area: 11,474 ha
Site description (2000 baseline)
Dammed stretches and reservoirs along the Danube surrounded by riverine forest and meadows.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more non-breeding waterbirds, on a regular basis, including Anas platyrhynchos (15,000) and Aythya fuligula (6,000). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (passage), Crex crex (breeding), Acrocephalus paludicola (passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Danube valley: Neu-Ulm - Lauingen incl. Faiminger Stausee, Donau-Moos, and Gundelfinger Moos. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/danube-valley:-neu-ulm--lauingen-incl.-faiminger-stausee-donau-moos-and-gundelfinger-moos-iba-germany on 24/09/2023.
