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Country/territory: Germany

IBA Criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B3, C3, C4, C6 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here

Area: 11,474 ha

Protection status:

NABU Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union

Site description
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 (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Danube valley: Neu-Ulm - Lauingen incl. Faiminger Stausee, Donau-Moos, and Gundelfinger Moos. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/05/2020.