Basses Vallées Angevines (France) IBA | Summary

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Basses Vallées Angevines

Current view: summary

Country/territory: France

IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
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Area: 6,450 hectares (64.50 km²)

Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux

Site description (2000 baseline)
The site encompasses rivers, streams, wet meadows and Populus plantations.

Key biodiversity
This is the best site in France for breeding Crex crex. The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage, on a regular basis.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Basses Vallées Angevines (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/basses-vallées-angevines-iba-france on 23/12/2024.