Davert (bird sanctuary)

	EU bird sanctuary "Davert"
	⊙ The "Devil's Oak" in Davert
location	City of Munster , Coesfeld and Warendorf districts , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
Identifier	DE-4111-401
WDPA ID	555537477
Natura 2000 ID	DE-4111-401
Bird sanctuary	22.263 km²
Geographical location	51 ° 51 ' N , 7 ° 38' E Coordinates: 51 ° 51 '18 " N , 7 ° 37' 35" E
Setup date	2004
administration	Regional Council Münster and State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia in Recklinghausen
particularities	five sub-areas

The Davert area is a European bird sanctuary (protected area identifier DE-4111-401) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which was designated by ordinance of 2004 by the Münster regional council .

The Birds Directive of the European Union serves to preserve the wild bird species native to the territory of its member states and to regulate the protection, management and regulation of these birds, their eggs and habitats .

location

The five sub-areas of the 22 square kilometer bird sanctuary “Davert” are located in the districts of Warendorf and Steinfurt . They extend along the Federal Highway 1 and south of the Dortmund-Ems Canal in the areas of the communities of Ascheberg and Senden and the cities of Drensteinfurt and Münster .

We crossed the Davert from the Emmerbach , which here has a special meaning for the Helmet-Azurjungfer ( Coenagrion mercuriale ).

description

The “Davert” protected area is defined as a “contiguous, extensive historical forest area with near-natural forest communities, soils characterized by backwaters or groundwater, species-poor chickweed-oak-hornbeam forests, acidic oak forests, gnarled old oaks in the middle to strong tree wood age, alder and birch break forests and a richly branched ditch / river network within the Kernmünsterland ”. It is the most important breeding area of the middle woodpecker in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Habitat classes



N06 - inland waters, standing and flowing			1 %
N10 - Moist and mesophilic grassland			3%
N15 - Other farmland			2%
N16 - deciduous forest			73%
N20 - artificial forests			20%
N23 - Other (including cities, villages, roads, landfills, pits, industrial areas)00			1 %

Habitat types

The following habitat types are described in the bird sanctuary:

9110 - Hainsimsen-Buchenwald

9130 - Woodruff beech forest including barley beech forest

9160 - Subatlantic or Central European pedunculate oak forest or chickweed oak and hornbeam forests

9190 - Old acid oak forests on sandy plains

91D0 - Bog forests *

Note: * = threatened with disappearing, the European Community has a special responsibility for its preservation.

Protection purpose

The general protection purpose is the preservation and optimization of the contiguous, semi-natural deciduous forests including their water balance in connection with near-natural brook systems and small bodies of water as well as the promotion of the middle woodpecker , honey buzzard and black woodpecker.

The area-related conservation objectives and conservation measures are described differently depending on the species .

Breeding birds

kingfisher

Kingfisher in hovering flight

Preservation and development of dynamic river systems with flood zones, impact slopes, steep banks, the avoidance of the fragmentation of the populated habitats, the preservation and promotion of a permanent supply of natural nesting sites, the careful water maintenance taking into account the demands of the species, the reduction of nutrient, pollutant and sediment inputs in the area of the food waters as well as the avoidance of disturbances at the breeding grounds from March to September

Middle woodpecker

Preservation and development of extensive, habitat-typical deciduous and mixed forests as well as hardwood meadows with high proportions of old and dead wood (up to ten trees / hectare ), increasing the proportion of oak forests, avoiding the fragmentation and islanding of suitable forest areas, improving the food supply, conservation of cave trees as well as promoting a permanent supply of suitable breeding trees (especially trees with damaged areas and rotten trees), as well as avoiding disturbances in the breeding sites (March to June)

nightingale

Preservation and development of mixed deciduous forests and woodlands rich in undergrowth as well as of dense bushes on dams, embankments, ditches and in parks, the preservation and development of habitat structures rich in food and cover (especially dense herbaceous vegetation, high perennial thickets, dense undergrowth), the improvement of the Water balance to stabilize a water level typical of the habitat in wet and alluvial forests and wetlands as well as the improvement of the food supply in the vicinity of the breeding grounds

Red backs

Preservation of extensively managed orchards, grassland and heathland areas, of low and medium hedges from native species, in particular thorn or prickly wooded trees, preservation of litter meadows and open bog edges, preservation of individual trees and bushes in the open landscape, of fields, grass paths, Ruderal and perennial corridors and fallow land, arable and meadow margins, secondary habitats such as abandoned mining sites with the aforementioned habitats and maintenance of the food supply, especially with larger insects

oriole

Preservation and development of habitat-typical softwood and hardwood floodplain forests, quarry forests as well as light, moist mixed deciduous forests with high proportions of old wood, the maintenance and development of moist field trees and plants with high old trees, the improvement of the water balance to stabilize a habitat-typical water level in moist and alluvial forests Food supply in the vicinity of the breeding grounds

Black woodpecker

Preservation and development of typical deciduous and mixed forests with high proportions of old and dead wood (up to ten trees per hectare ), the avoidance of fragmentation of the populated forest areas, the preservation and development of sunny clearings, forest edges, light forest structures and small structures as food areas that Improvement of the food supply, the maintenance of cave trees and the promotion of a permanent supply of suitable breeding trees and the avoidance of disturbances in the breeding grounds (March to June)

Honey buzzard

Preservation and development of deciduous and mixed deciduous forests with sparse old wood stocks in structurally rich, semi-open cultivated landscapes, the preservation and development of clearings and grassland areas, structurally rich forest edges and borders as food areas with a rich supply of wasps, the improvement of the food supply (reduced fertilization, no pesticides), the maintenance of the eyrie trees with a low-disturbance environment and the avoidance of disturbances at the breeding grounds from May to August

Connection with other protected areas

With the bird sanctuary "Davert" the following, related protected areas are designated:

FFH area " Davert "
Nature reserve " Davert (nature reserve, Coesfeld) " (COE-023)
Nature reserve " Emmerbach with adjacent areas " (COE-082)
Nature reserve " Davert (nature reserve, Münster) " (MS-014)
Nature reserve " Davert (nature reserve, Warendorf) " (WAF-051)

Web links

The protected area at www.protectedplanet.net
The protected area at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation
The protected area at the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia

Individual evidence

↑ Article 1 of the current Birds Directive
↑ Map of the protected area at www.protectedplanet.net, accessed on April 30, 2020.
↑ Description at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation , accessed on April 29, 2020.

[1] Article 1 of the current Birds Directive

[2] Map of the protected area at www.protectedplanet.net, accessed on April 30, 2020.

[3] Description at the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation , accessed on April 29, 2020.