Site description (2000 baseline)
A lake with an area of fen and riverine forest. The lake and its surrounds are intensively used for tourism from May to October, as a fishery all year-round, and also for hunting, forestry and agriculture.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter on a regular basis.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chiemsee and Chiemseemoore (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chiemsee-and-chiemseemoore-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.