Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Two areas (3,650 ha and 380 ha) of raised bog, wet heathland and humid grassland. The main human activity is agriculture.
Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex (breeding).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Management includes the maintenance and restoration of bogs and heathlands and the extensification of agriculture.
National None
International PartialIBA overlaps with Special Protection Area.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bogs and heathlands of the Westmünsterland (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bogs-and-heathlands-of-the-westmünsterland-iba-germany on 22/12/2024.
