Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 5,690 hectares (56.90 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
An area of rivers, riverine forest, deciduous woodland, heathland, marsh, reedbed (Phragmites) and arable land.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis (including Anas platyrhynchos 12,000; Aythya ferina 3,000; Aythya fuligula 3,500; Fulica atra 3,000; Larus ridibundus 10,000). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (1-10 passage individuals).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vallée du Rhin : Village-neuf à Biescheim (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vallée-du-rhin-:-village-neuf-à-biescheim-iba-france on 22/12/2024.