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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A complex of ponds, marshes and grasslands in the Haine river basin.
Passage species include
Pandion haliaetus, Pluvialis apricaria, Tringa glareola, Sterna hirundo and
Lullula arborea (summer and passage).
National Low
International High254 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Nature Reserves of the Bassin de la Haine, 254 ha). 13,715 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Bassin de la Haine, 13,715 ha). 550 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Harchies, 550 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bassin de la Haine (Belgium). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bassin-de-la-haine-iba-belgium on 23/12/2024.