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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A complex of wet meadows, a river, riverine forest and marshes.
This is an important site for species breeding in wet meadows, and wintering waterbirds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main reported threats are afforestation with
Populus, meadow abandonment, conversion of meadows into arable fields and early mowing of remnant meadows.
National Low
International Low93 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Truchère-Ratenelle, 93 ha). 93 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Val de Saône: La Truchère, 93 ha).
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 22/12/2024.