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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
An area of flat grasslands, small swamps, channels and large artificial lakes along the Dijle, Zenne and Rupel rivers. Human activities include arable and stock-farming and recreation. There is a high density of human habitation.
This is an important site for wintering
Aythya ferina. The area also holds breeding populations of several species listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Problems include pollution of the rivers, and industrial, recreational and residential development. The site is a proposed Special Protection Area.
National Partial
International NoneIBA partly covered by Nature Reserve.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mechels Rivierengebied, Antwerpen (Belgium). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mechels-rivierengebied-antwerpen-iba-belgium on 22/12/2024.
