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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1992	100 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding	1991	5-50 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1991	1-10 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1991	5-50 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1991	100-500 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Prairies inondables du Val de Saône	Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels	30
-	Truchere-Ratenelle	Nature Reserve	1
1980	La Truchère-Ratenelle	Réserve naturelle nationale	1
1994	Prairies humides du val de Saône	Arrêté de protection de biotope	13
1995	Prairies humides et forêts alluviales du Val de Saône	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	30
1995	Dunes continentales; tourbière de la Truchère et prairies de la Basse Seille	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
2003	Val de Saône	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	30
2006	Basse vallée de la Seille	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	90
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Val de Saône (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/val-de-saône-iba-france on 22/11/2024.