Donauried (bird sanctuary)

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Bird sanctuary (SPA) "Donauried"
Langenauer Ried

Langenauer Ried

location Alb-Danube district and Heidenheim district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
WDPA ID 555537907
Natura 2000 ID DE-7527-441
Bird sanctuary 42.532 km²
Geographical location 48 ° 30 '  N , 10 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 30 '11 "  N , 10 ° 12' 49"  E
Donauried (bird sanctuary) (Baden-Württemberg)
Donauried (bird sanctuary)
Setup date November 20, 2007
administration Regional Council Tübingen
particularities Related protected areas:
FFH , NSG , LSG , LSG
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The Donauried area is a European bird sanctuary (protected area identifier DE-7624-441) in the south-east of the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, which was designated by ordinance of November 20, 2007 by the Tübingen regional council .

location

The approximately 4,250 hectare (ha) large bird sanctuary "Donauried" is located north of the Danube and the border with Bavaria . It is divided between three cities and municipalities in the Alb-Donau district and three in the Heidenheim district :

description

The area "Donauried" is described as "extensive, predominantly agriculturally intensively used, moored lowland with remnants of fen areas: large and small sedge areas, whistle grass meadows, tall herbaceous meadows, reeds, bushes and water-bearing ditches".

Habitat classes

Deciduous forest
  
 3%
Mixed forest
  
 1 %
Bogs, swamps, vegetation on the banks
  
 7%
Meliorated grassland
  
 35%
Different farmland
  
 53%
Other (cities, roads, landfills, pits, industrial areas)
  
 1 %

meaning

The bird sanctuary "Donauried" is one of the most important large-scale fen areas in southern Germany , its small, extensively used grassland with interspersed bushes, hedges and individual trees make the "Donauried" a valuable habitat for meadow breeders . It is a resting area of ​​national importance, one of the most important breeding occurrences of puffy tit , curlew , lapwing , teal duck , whorl , spotted moorhen , corncrake and other species in Baden-Württemberg as well as a density center of gray bunting .

Protection purpose

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

Breeding birds

Breeding bird species that are listed in Appendix I of the Birds Directive and for which special measures are to be applied across Europe. A total of 39 species fall into this category in Baden-Württemberg.

Collared Flycatcher ( Ficedula albicollis )

Collar snapper

Preservation of extensively managed orchards with a high proportion of pome fruit, light deciduous and alluvial forests, old trees and islands of old wood, trees with caves and the maintenance of the food supply, especially with insects.

Hen harrier ( Circus cyaneus )

Hen harrier

Preservation of extensively used wet meadows and pastures, of reed areas, of tall herbaceous meadows and fallow land in the grassland areas, preservation of habitats without sources of danger such as non-bird-safe overhead lines and wind turbines, preservation of the food supply, especially with small mammals and small birds living on the ground, as well as maintenance of undisturbed or at least low-disturbance sites during breeding the breeding season from April 1st to August 31st.

Red- backed shrike ( Lanius collurio )

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 field lines, grass paths, Ruderal and perennial corridors and fallow land, field and meadow margins, secondary habitats such as abandoned mining sites with the aforementioned habitats and maintenance of the food supply, especially with larger insects.

Marsh harrier ( Circus aeruginosus )

Marsh harrier Mars symbol (male)

Preservation of silting zones, reed beds and large sedge beds, wet meadow complexes, in particular with litter meadows or extensively used wet meadows, habitats without sources of danger such as non-bird-safe overhead lines and wind turbines, preservation of grass and shrub fringes, secondary habitats such as abandoned mining sites or at least the aforementioned habitats and conservation low-disturbance breeding sites during the breeding season from March 15th to September 15th.

Red kite ( Milvus milvus )

Red kite

Preservation of diversely structured cultural landscapes with sparse forests, of field trees, large individual trees and rows of trees in the open landscape, of grassland, of old wood islands and old, large-crowned trees with free approach, preservation of trees with clumps, habitats without sources of danger such as non-bird-safe overhead lines and Wind turbines and the maintenance of undisturbed or at least low-disturbance breeding sites during the breeding season from March 1st to August 31st.

Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus )

Short-eared Owl

Preservation of the fen areas with extensive sedge beds and small field trees in the Donauried, the wet meadow complexes, in particular with litter meadows or extensively used wet meadows, the habitats without sources of danger such as permanently installed wire fences, maintenance of high groundwater levels, preservation of the food supply, especially with small mammals as well as maintenance of low-disturbance or at least disturbance-free Resting and sleeping areas as well as wintering and feeding areas.

Spotted Moorhen ( Porzana porzana )

Spotted Moorhen

Preservation of silting zones with low-flooded varied herbaceous vegetation such as in transition zones between reed beds and large sedge beds, in the bank area of ​​extensive reed stands and in flooded wet meadows, the habitats without sources of danger such as overhead lines, maintenance of a flat overflow of the habitats during the entire breeding season (15 March to 15 March) August), preservation of secondary habitats such as waterlogging peat cuttings and drainage ditches with strips of reeds, sedge bulbs and a loose herbaceous layer as well as preservation of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season.

Corn Corn ( Crex crex )

Corn Crake

Preservation of structurally rich and extensively used grassland, in particular with litter meadows or wet meadows, moulting and alternative places such as grass, reed and perennial borders, fallow land, individual low shrubbery and field hedges, of forms of cultivation with late mowing from August 15, of fresh up to wet soil conditions, preservation of habitats without sources of danger such as overhead lines, the food supply, especially with insects, snails and earthworms, as well as maintenance of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season from April 15 to August 15.

Honey buzzard ( Pernis apivorus )

Honey buzzard

Preservation of diversely structured cultural landscapes, light deciduous and mixed and pine forests, field trees, extensively used grassland, old wood islands and old, large-crowned trees with free access, preservation of the poor grasslands, trees with clumps, preservation of the food supply, especially with wasps and bumblebees as well as the maintenance of undisturbed or at least low-disturbance breeding sites during the breeding season from May 1st to August 31st.

Montagu's Harrier ( Circus pygargus )

Montagu's Harrier

Preservation of wetlands with silting areas, reed beds, large sedge beds and litter meadows, habitats without sources of danger such as non-bird-safe overhead lines and wind turbines, preservation of agricultural landscapes with grassland, fields and fallow land, extensively used wet grassland complexes and reed areas, as well as maintenance of undisturbed or at least rest and sleeping areas .

Migratory birds

Other migratory bird species not listed in Appendix I that breed in the country and have been selected for the protected areas. A total of 36 species fall into this category in Baden-Württemberg.

Tree falcon ( Falco subbuteo )

Tree falcon

Preservation of light forests with bordering open landscapes, of old trees and islands of old wood, of overhangs, of field trees or groups of trees in fields or along waterways, of extensively used grassland, of waterways with structurally rich bank areas and silting areas, of nesting opportunities such as crow's nests, of the food supply, in particular with small birds and large insects as well as undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season from April 15 to September 15.

Common Common Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago )

Common snipe

Preservation of wet meadow complexes, in particular with litter meadows or extensively used wet meadows, near-natural moors, the silting areas of stagnant waters with light reeds or sedge beds, habitats without sources of danger such as overhead lines, preservation of temporarily flooded depressions, wet arable fields and ditches that constantly carry water. , Reed and perennial borders as well as maintenance of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season from February 15th to August 15th.

Tasmanian tit ( Remiz pendulinus )

Bag tit

Preservation of floodplains, of pronounced herbaceous layers and typical climbing plants of the floodplain forests such as hops and clematis, of secondary habitats such as abandoned mining sites with the aforementioned habitats, conservation of the swamps with their forests, the bank areas of the waters with reeds, bushes and white willow stands or other trees with drooping branches as well Preservation of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season from March 15th to July 31st.

Whinchat ( Saxicola rubetra )

Whinchat

Preservation of largely late-mowed extensively managed grassland complexes, large sedge areas, moors and heaths, fringing strips such as road and field borders as well as edge strips, old grass strips, fallow and wood-free embankments, isolated bushes, tall perennials, piles of stones and others as hunting, sitting and Singwarten suitable structures, secondary habitats such as abandoned mining sites with the aforementioned habitats, the food supply as well as undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season from May 1 to August 31.

Gray bunting ( Emberiza calandra )

Preservation of extensively used grassland areas and richly structured fields, fallow land, strips of field margins as well as grass and shrub fringes, grass and earth paths, field hedges, solitary trees and bushes, preservation of the food supply, in particular with insects as nestling food and wild herb seeds as well as maintenance of disturbance-free or at least low-disturbance breeding sites during the breeding season from April 15th to August 31st of each year.

Curlew ( Numenius arquata )

Great curlew

Preservation of spacious, open and uncut cultivated landscapes without visible barriers, of grassland, in particular of extensively used meadows, of temporally differentiated uses in low-lying meadow complexes, of wet soil conditions with soft, pageable subsoil, of high groundwater levels, preservation of near-natural moors, preservation of the sedges, the Habitats without sources of danger such as overhead lines and wire fences, preservation of the food supply, especially with insects, worms and smaller vertebrates, as well as maintenance of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season (February 1 to August 31).

Stock dove ( Columba oenas )

Stock dove

Preservation of deciduous and mixed deciduous forests, of old trees and old wood islands, of trees with large caves as well as grassland areas and extensively used fields with fallow land, strips of field margins and weed-rich grass borders.

Lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus )

lapwing

Preservation of spacious open cultivated landscapes, pastures, poor meadows with patchy vegetation structure, fallow grassland, arable land with late vegetation development and adjacent grassland, flood troughs, occasionally flooded depressions and wet arable areas, preservation of extensively used wet meadow complexes, natural and natural maintenance of river plains undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season from February 1st to August 31st.

Teal duck ( Anas querquedula )

Teal duck Mars symbol (male)

Preservation of the eutrophic vegetation-rich shallow water lakes, small bodies of water and ditches carrying water, the meadow areas and swamps flooded during the breeding season, the silted areas with reed beds, sedge beds and shallow water zones, preservation of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding or moulting sites during the breeding and rearing season (April 15 to 15 September) and moulting (15 June to 15 September), preservation of the slowly flowing brook in the estuary area with shallow water zones and preservation of secondary habitats such as rain overflow basins with the aforementioned habitats.

Schlagschwirl ( Locustella fluviatilis )

Preservation of the fens, flowing and still waters accompanying dense bank vegetation and of wetlands with succession and foresting stages, of light floodplain forests and secondary habitats such as abandoned peat cuttings with the aforementioned habitats.

Quail ( Coturnix coturnix )

Preservation of a richly structured cultural landscape, preservation of widely used arable land, extensively used grassland, in particular of lean grassland with gaps in vegetation structure and a high proportion of herbs, small areas of land with sparse vegetation such as gussets, waterlogged small depressions, sinkholes, swelling patches, small hollows, stone fields , Patches of poor grassland and stone bars, from weed-rich field margins and smaller fallow land, grass, reed and perennial edges as well as maintaining the food supply, especially with various seeds and insects.

Water rail ( Rallus aquaticus )

Water rail

Preservation of standing water with shallow water zones, flowing water sections and water ditches with covered bank vegetation, reeds and moors with at least small open water areas, covered silted areas with shallowly flooded reed beds, large sedge beds and bank bushes, habitats without sources of danger such as overhead lines, preservation of secondary habitats such as abandoned quarries with the aforementioned habitats as well as maintenance of undisturbed or at least low-disturbance breeding sites during the breeding season (March 15 to September 15).

Yellow wagtail ( Motacilla flava )

Yellow wagtail

Preservation of a mosaic of arable land with various crops, preservation of the silting zones on bodies of water, preservation of edge structures at usage boundaries such as grass, reed and perennial borders at the edges of paths and fields, but also of fallow land, of temporally differentiated uses in grassland, of isolated bushes, Tall perennials and other structures suitable for hunting, sitting and singing stations, secondary habitats such as abandoned mining sites with the aforementioned habitats, as well as maintaining the food supply, in particular with insects.

Connection with other protected areas

Are with the bird reserve "Donauried" the FFH " Donaumoos " (7527-341), the protected area " Langenauer Ried " (4,053) and the protected landscapes " Donauried " (4.25.006) and " Donaumoos edge with Hart, Espenbühl, Plon, Lache, Moos ”(1.35.053) designated as contiguous protected areas.

See also

Web links

Commons : Donauried (EU bird sanctuary)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of the SPA area in the LUBW's list of protected areas , with “Bird Protection Area Ordinance Annex 1”.