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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Part of Lake Constance with reedbeds (
Phragmites) and extensive areas of mud. Inland are tracts of riverine forest (mainly
Salix), dry forest (
Pinus and
Fagus), ravine and hill-slope mixed forest, lightly improved hay-meadows, calcareous dry grassland, orchards, springs and cliffs.
This is an important stop-over site for passage species of wildfowl.
National High
International PartialIBA overlaps with Landscape Protected Area and Nature Reserve. IBA overlaps with Special Protection Area.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Überlingen of Lake Constance (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-überlingen-of-lake-constance-iba-germany on 27/12/2024.
