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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A natural river valley encompassing a river with oxbow lakes
, alluvial beaches, riverine forest, natural ponds, wet meadows and marshes, dry meadows and bushy heathlands.
This is an important site for breeding and wintering waterbirds, passage raptors, and
Grus grus. The site is a migratory bottleneck, where more than 3,000 raptors regularly pass (including
Milvus migrans 2,000;
Milvus milvus 1,000).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Disturbance caused by fishing, hunting and recreation, is the main threat.
National Partial
International NonePart of IBA covered by Hunting Reserve (12 km of the river). Part of IBA covered by Private Reserve (11 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Val d'Allier : Saint-Yorre-Joze (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/val-dallier-:-saint-yorre-joze-iba-france on 22/12/2024.
