Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
An area of grassland which is flooded in winter, and cut for silage in the spring and summer. The site was included within a larger IBA (formerly LU002) in the previous international IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989).
An important autumn roosting site for
Grus grus, the only site within a 200 km range. The area is also nationally important for migrating waterbirds, although numbers are small, including wintering
Anser fabalis (100-150 birds). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex (breeding).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
11 ha of IBA covered by proposed Natural Reserve (Lannebur, 11 ha).
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aspelt - Lannebur, am Kessel (Luxembourg). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aspelt--lannebur-am-kessel-iba-luxembourg on 23/11/2024.
