DE570
Sewage farm Freiburg


IBA Justification

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
White Stork Ciconia ciconia LC breeding (1990–2000) 7 pairs C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia LC passage (1993–1998) 120 birds C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1995 Freiburger Rieselfeld Naturschutzgebiet (IV) 100


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sewage farm Freiburg (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/sewage-farm-freiburg-iba-germany on 25/12/2024.