Data Zone
Country/territory: Germany
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B1iv, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 16,775 ha
Site description (2000 baseline)
A large area of flood-plain, subject to irregular flooding by the River Havel, with Salix bushes, remnant alluvial forest, levees and the Schollener, Gülper and Pritzerber lakes.
Key biodiversity
The IBA is important as a stop-over site for passage wildfowl particularly geese (over 100,000 individuals), as well as being a migratory bottleneck, where up to 8,000 Grus grus regularly pass. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (non-breeding).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Havel - Lake Schollene - Lake Gülpe (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-havel--lake-schollene--lake-gülpe-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.