Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Part of the flood-plain of the River Havel, comprising swamp and alluvial forests, humid grasslands, bogs, reedbeds (
Phragmites) and clay pits.
The site holds more than 20,000 passage waterbirds, on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex (breeding).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Threats include the enlargement of the Havel for shipping.
National None
International HighIBA overlaps with Nature Reserve. IBA overlaps with Special Protection Area.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lowlands of middle Havel (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lowlands-of-middle-havel-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.
