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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Flood-plain of the slow-flowing River Elbe with remnant riverine forests, oxbow lakes, wet grassland, flooded meadows and dunes.
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis. The site is a migratory bottleneck, where more than 3,000
Grus grus regularly pass. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Anser erythropus (wintering).
National Partial
International PartialIBA overlaps with several Nature Reserves. IBA overlaps with Special Protection Area (Elbniederung von Schnackenburg bis Lauenburg inkl. Amt Neuhaus, 27,808 ha) and Ramsar Site (Elbniederung von Schnackenburg bis Lauenburg inkl. Amt Neuhaus, 7,560 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Elbe lowlands between Schnackenburg and Lauenburg (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/elbe-lowlands-between-schnackenburg-and-lauenburg-iba-germany on 22/12/2024.
