Site description (2000 baseline)
Mainly farmland with oxbow lakes, riverine forest and dry grassland.
Key biodiversity
The site regularly holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of River Ems (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-of-river-ems-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.