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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The grasslands that surround the dykes of the Mittelwesermarsch and six flooded gravel-pits connected together by the River Weser. The grasslands often flood in spring.
This site is important for migrating waterbirds and waders.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Floating breeding platforms are provided for
Sterna hirundo.
National Partial
International NoneIBA overlaps with Landscape Protected Area and Nature Reserve.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mittelwesermarsch (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mittelwesermarsch-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.
