Site description (2000 baseline)
Hohwachter Bucht is part of Kieler Bucht and has a sandy/stony shoreline 38 km long. Tourism and military training are the main human activities.
Key biodiversity
The site holds more than 20,000 wintering seaduck on a regular basis.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hohwachter Bucht. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hohwachter-bucht-iba-germany on 19/03/2024.