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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	passage (1990–2000)	1,000–1,530 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	winter (1989–1996)	1 birds	A4i, B1i
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1994)	2 pairs	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter (1996)	600–1,800 birds	B1i, C3
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (1990–2000)	53 pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding (1990–2000)	6–10 pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding (1994)	2 pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter (1989–1996)	1 birds	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding (1990–2000)	27 pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding (1990–2000)	110 pairs	B3, C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding (1996)	416 pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1993–1996)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Rhine flats: Sasbach -- Wittenweier	Landscape Protected Area (-)	-
-	Rhine flats: Sasbach -- Wittenweier	Nature Reserve (-)	-
1955	Rheinwald Taubergießen	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	2
1955	Rheinwald Taubergießen	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	<1
1979	Taubergießen	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	35
1997	Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil	Landscape Protection Area (V)	3
1998	Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	28
1998	Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	3

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	-	Arable land; Perennial crops, orchards and groves
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest
Grassland	-	Dry siliceous grassland; Mesophile grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	-	Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rhine flats Sasbach - Wittenweier (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rhine-flats-sasbach--wittenweier-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.