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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Extensive meadows in the Elbe valley with reeds
Phragmites, scrub, flood-plain forest and Lake Schelldorf.
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex (5-15 breeding pairs).
National Partial
International NoneIBA overlaps with Nature Reserve (Bucher Brack-Bölsdorfer Haken, 1,000 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Elbe lowlands Jerichow (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/elbe-lowlands-jerichow-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.
