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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
An area of flood-plain meadows and pastures dissected by ditches, with a few deciduous trees and bushes. The IBA has three separate parts: Belziger Landschaftswiesen (Bustard Protection Area), Havelländisches Luch, and Unteres Rhinluch/Dreetzer See.
Approximately 80% of the German
Otis tarda population occurs in the site. The site holds more than 20,000 passage waterbirds on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex (5-16 breeding pairs).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The land is intensively cultivated resulting in some adverse ecological changes.
National Partial
International HighIBA overlaps with Nature Reserve. IBA overlaps with Special Protection Area.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Unteres Rhinluch-Dreetzer See / Havelländisches Luch / Belziger Landschaftswiesen (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/unteres-rhinluch-dreetzer-see--havelländisches-luch--belziger-landschaftswiesen-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.
