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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The site comprises part of the former flood-plain of the now embanked River Rhine. Habitats include
Quercus-
Ulmus,
Quercus-
Carpinus and
Populus forest, relict
Alnus swamp-forest, springs, fish-ponds, arable land, meadows, and large abandoned gravel-pits.
This is an important stop-over site for passage wildfowl. Nationally important numbers of breeding
Larus melanocephalus are present.
National Partial
International NoneIBA overlaps with Landscape Protected Area and Nature Reserve.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rhine flats Kehl-Helmlingen (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rhine-flats-kehl-helmlingen-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.
