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Rhine flats Haltingen - Neuenburg and foothills


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
Species Red List1 Season Year(s) Size IBA criteria
Gadwall Mareca strepera LC passage 1990-2000 512 individuals B1i, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
- Rhine flats: Haltingen -- Neuenburg and Vorberg zo Nature Reserve -
- Rhine flats: Haltingen -- Neuenburg and Vorberg zo Landscape Protected Area -
1937 Isteiner Klotz Landschaftschutzgebiet 2
1972 Rheinvorland Landschaftschutzgebiet 17
1973 Totengrien Naturschutzgebiet <1
1983 Rheinvorland II Landschaftschutzgebiet 5
1986 Isteiner Klotz Naturschutzgebiet 1
1994 Kapellengrien Naturschutzgebiet 4
1995 Rheinvorland Landscape Protection Area 23
1996 Galgenloch Naturschutzgebiet 1
1999 Eichholz-Buchholz Naturschutzgebiet 2
2003 Blansinger Grien Naturschutzgebiet 1
2004 Markgräfler Rheinebene von Weil bis Neuenburg Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 77
2006 Rheinniederung Haltingen - Neuenburg mit Vorbergzone Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 77

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land, Other urban and industrial areas -
Forest Alluvial and very wet forest -
Grassland Dry siliceous grassland, Mesophile grasslands -
Shrubland Scrub -
Wetlands (inland) Rivers and streams, Fens, transition mires and springs -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
tourism/recreation -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rhine flats Haltingen - Neuenburg and foothills (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rhine-flats-haltingen--neuenburg-and-foothills-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.