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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Humid grasslands (pastures and meadows) along the River Elbe, interspersed with ditches, reedbeds (
Phragmites) and arable land.
The site holds more than 20,000 passage waterbirds on a regular basis, and is also a migratory bottleneck site, where up to 4,000
Grus grus regularly pass.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The enlargement of the Elbe is a threat.
National None
International HighIBA overlaps with Biosphere Reserve and Special Protection Area.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Elbe valley (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-elbe-valley-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.
