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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1996	3 individuals	C6
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	non-breeding	2000	3,700 individuals	B1i
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	2000	40-50 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	2000	20-30 breeding pairs	C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Winkeler Aue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6	protected area contained by site	10
Winkeler Aue	Naturschutzgebiet	6	protected area contained by site	7
Wiesbaden	Landschaftschutzgebiet	13,329	protected area overlaps with site	0
Weinberge zwischen Rüdesheim und Lorchhausen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	845	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Wanderfischgebiete im Rhein	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,270	protected area overlaps with site	362
Teufelskadrich bei Lorch	Naturschutzgebiet	128	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Teufelskadrich bei Lorch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	380	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sandlache	Naturschutzgebiet	58	protected area contained by site	60
Rüdesheimer Aue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8	protected area contained by site	6
Rüdesheimer Aue	Naturschutzgebiet	29	protected area contained by site	21
Rheinwiesen von Oestrich-Winkel und Geisenheim	Naturschutzgebiet	17	protected area overlaps with site	1
Rheinwiesen von Oestrich-Winkel und Geisenheim	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	26	protected area overlaps with site	0
Rheinniederung Mainz-Bingen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,149	protected area contained by site	1,149
Rheinhessisches Rheingebiet	Landschaftschutzgebiet	36,122	protected area overlaps with site	0
Rheinhessisches Rheingebiet	Landscape Protection Area	31,000	protected area overlaps with site	1,375
Rheingebiet von Bingen bis Koblenz	Landschaftschutzgebiet	40,291	protected area overlaps with site	74
Rheinauen zwischen Eltville und Bingen	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	566	protected area contained by site	566
Rheinaue Bingen-Ingelheim	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,774	protected area contained by site	1,776
Rhein-Taunus	Nature Park	80,439	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Rettbergsaue bei Wiesbaden	Naturschutzgebiet	75	protected area contained by site	81
Rettbergsaue bei Wiesbaden	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	71	protected area contained by site	68
Niederwallufer Bucht	Naturschutzgebiet	13	protected area contained by site	13
Mombacher Rheinufer	Naturschutzgebiet	35	protected area overlaps with site	22
Mariannenaue	Naturschutzgebiet	196	protected area contained by site	198
Mariannenaue	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	82	protected area contained by site	69
Lennebergwald	Naturschutzgebiet	792	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Kalkflugsandgebiet Mainz-Ingelheim	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,304	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Inselrhein	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,674	protected area overlaps with site	782
Ingelheimer Dünen und Sande	Naturschutzgebiet	340	protected area overlaps with site	20
Hessische Mainauen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2,574	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Haderaue-Königsklinger Aue	Naturschutzgebiet	168	protected area contained by site	165
Fulderaue - Ilmenaue	Naturschutzgebiet	338	protected area contained by site	236
Erbacher Wäldchen	Naturschutzgebiet	5	protected area overlaps with site	2
Dünen- und Sandgebiet Mainz-Ingelheim	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,414	protected area overlaps with site	87
Binger Wald	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,268	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
water management	-
hunting	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Rheinaue Bingen-Ingelheim. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2023.