Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A low-lying area around the River Rhine, predominantly humid grassland. An anthropogenic landscape with hedgerows and pollarded
Salix trees, and a dyked area in the north of the IBA.
This is an important passage and wintering area for waterbirds, particularly geese. The site regularly holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Anser erythropus (wintering),
Branta ruficollis (wintering).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are the intensification of agriculture and urbanization of the landscape.
National None
International PartialIBA overlaps with Ramsar Site and Special Protection Area.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Rhine (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-rhine-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.
