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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Situated in the valley of the embanked Rhine, the IBA comprises
Quercus-
Ulmus and
Quercus-
Carpinus riverine forest, dry grassland, meadows, large gravel-pits, reedbeds (
Phragmites), springs, arable land and orchards.
This is an important stop-over site for a range of passage waterbirds. Breeding species include
Anas strepera,
Alcedo atthis and
Dendrocopos medius.
National Partial
International LowIBA overlaps Nature Reserve. IBA overlaps with Special Protection Area.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rhine flats Nonnenweier - Kehl (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rhine-flats-nonnenweier--kehl-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.
