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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. Habitat-types include riverine forest, relict
Alnus swamp-forest, springs, gravel-pits, reedbeds (
Phragmites), dry grassland, meadows, arable land and orchards. An introduced species of herb (
Solidago) is spreading within the native vegetation.
This is an important stop-over site for passage wildfowl, and is nationally important for breeding
Sterna hirundo.
National Partial
International NoneIBA overlaps with Landscape Protected Area and Nature Reserve.
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.
