Hohenlohe level east of Wallhausen

Bird sanctuary (SPA) "Hohenloher Ebene east of Wallhausen"
The bird sanctuary "Hohenloher Ebene east of Wallhausen" is an important breeding area for the corncrake
location	Satteldorf and Wallhausen , Schwäbisch Hall district , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
WDPA ID	555537831
Natura 2000 ID	DE-6726-441
Bird sanctuary	5.389 km²
Geographical location	49 ° 12 '  N , 10 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 12 '23 "  N , 10 ° 6' 44"  E
Setup date	November 20, 2007
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

The Hohenloher Ebene area east of Wallhausen is a European bird sanctuary (protected area identification DE-6726-441) in the Baden-Württemberg district of Schwäbisch Hall in Germany, which was designated by the ordinance of November 20, 2007 of the Stuttgart Regional Council .

location

The approximately 539 hectare (ha) large bird sanctuary "Hohenloher Ebene east of Wallhausen" extends in the northeast of Baden-Württemberg, north of the federal motorway 6 and is part of the eponymous Hohenloher Ebene . It is distributed between the two municipalities of Satteldorf (310.7983 ha = 57.67%) and Wallhausen (228.0765 ha = 42.33%).

description

The protected area “Hohenloher Ebene east of Wallhausen” is described as “contiguous agricultural corridors with low pollution from roads and settlements, which form an important corridor for bird migration”.

meaning

The bird sanctuary "Hohenloher Ebene east of Wallhausen" is an important breeding area for lapwing , corncrake and wagtail .

Habitat classes

Mixed forest			3%
Reclaimed grassland			43%
Different farmland			54%

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 and two species in the “Hohenloher Ebene east of Wallhausen” protected area .

Red- backed shrike ( Lanius collurio )

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 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.

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.

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 and four species in the “Hohenlohe Plain east of Wallhausen” protected area.

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.

Northern gray shrike ( Lanius excubitor )

Northern gray shrike

Preservation of extensive, extensively managed orchards with numerous bushes, of hedge areas with the small structures there such as stone hedges, small fallow land, swampy depressions, individual bushes and trees, unpaved field paths, preservation of grazed juniper heaths with groups of bushes and trees, preservation of lean grassland, of wasteland - and fallow land as well as fringing strips, preservation of the moors with bushes and break forest islands, the springy places and swampy depressions, preservation of uncut landscapes, in particular without paved paths and roads, preservation of the food supply, especially with small mammals and large insects as well as preservation of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during the breeding season from February 15th to July 15th.

Quail ( Coturnix coturnix )

quail

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.

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.

See also

• List of EU bird sanctuaries in Baden-Württemberg

Web links

• Ordinance, data evaluation sheet and map in the profile of the SPA area in the LUBW's protected area directory

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ordinance of the Ministry of Food and Rural Areas establishing European Bird Protection Areas (VSG-VO) of February 5, 2010
2. ↑ Profile of the SPA area in the protected area directory of the LUBW , with "Bird Protection Area Ordinance Annex 1"