FR150
Planèze de Saint-Flour


Site description (2000 baseline):

Site location and context
The site includes marshes, wet meadows, hedges and cultivated land, grasslands and uncultivated land. There are villages and major roads within the area.



Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The site is threatened by fluctuating water-levels, hedge removal and high hunting pressure. The planned opening of a new quarry threatens breeding Porzana porzana.



Protected areas
National None International None




Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Planèze de Saint-Flour (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/planèze-de-saint-flour-iba-france on 25/12/2024.