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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	1,000-1,530 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	winter	1989-1996	1 individuals	A4i, B1i
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1994	2 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1996	600-1,800 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1990-2000	53 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1990-2000	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1994	2 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter	1989-1996	1 individuals	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1990-2000	27 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	1990-2000	110 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1996	416 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1993-1996	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Rhine flats: Sasbach -- Wittenweier	Landscape Protected Area	-
-	Rhine flats: Sasbach -- Wittenweier	Nature Reserve	-
1955	Rheinwald Taubergießen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2
1955	Rheinwald Taubergießen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1979	Taubergießen	Naturschutzgebiet	35
1997	Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil	Landscape Protection Area	3
1998	Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil	Naturschutzgebiet	28
1998	Rheinniederung Wyhl-Weisweil	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
2003	Rheinniederung Sasbach - Wittenweier	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	98
2004	Taubergießen; Elz und Ettenbach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	74

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
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	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.