List of EU bird protection areas in North Rhine-Westphalia

The list of EU bird protection areas in North Rhine-Westphalia shows the 28 European bird protection areas (English Special Protection Area , SPA) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . They are part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas . They partially overlap with existing FFH , nature and landscape protection areas .

Notes on the information in the table

Area name : Official name of the protected area

Image / Commons : Image and link to other images from the protected area

BfN-ID : Identification of the protected area, assigned by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation

WDPA-ID : Link to the protected area in the World Database on Protected Areas

EEA-ID : Link to the protected area in the database of the European Environment Agency (EEA)

since : date of designation as a protected area

Location : geographical location

District / City : District or municipality on whose territory the protected area is located

Area : total area of the protected area in hectares

Comments : Special features and comments

The coordinates correspond to the center of a rectangle that encloses the outer limits of areas reported as SPA areas. This means that this information can lie far outside the actual locations of the protected areas. They only serve as a rough guide.

Except for the Position column , all columns can be sorted.

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Territory name	Image / Commons	BfN ID	WDPA ID	EEA ID	since	location	District / city	Area ha	Remarks
harrow		DE4419401	555537506	DE4419401	2007	⊙	Hochsauerlandkreis , Höxter , Paderborn district	007164.02
Weseraue	more pictures	DE3519401	555537439	DE3519401	2007	⊙	Minden-Lübbecke district	002743.84
Gloomy lowland	more pictures	DE3612401	555537449	DE3612401	2003	⊙	Steinfurt district	002684.31
Bastau lowland		DE3618401	555537450	DE3618401	2003	⊙	Minden-Lübbecke district	002500.83
Moors and heaths of the western Münsterland		DE3807401	555537461	DE3807401	2001	⊙	Borken district	002323.72
Wet meadows in the northern Münsterland		DE3810401	555537462	DE3810401	2008	⊙	Kreis Borken , Steinfurt	001560.84
Rieselfelder Münster	more pictures	DE3911401	555537468	DE3911401	2011	⊙	City of Munster	000436.46
Heubach lowlands, Lavesumer Bruch and Borkenberge		DE4108401	555537476	DE4108401	1999	⊙	Kreis Borken , Coesfeld , Recklinghausen	005076.94
Davert		DE4111401	555537477	DE4111401	2001	⊙	City Muenster , Coesfeld , Warendorf district	002226.29
Rietberger Ems valley with Steinhorster basin		DE4116401	555537478	DE4116401	1999	⊙	District of Gütersloh , District of Paderborn	000928
Senne with Teutoburg Forest		DE4118401	555537479	DE4118401	2000	⊙	District of Gütersloh , District of Lippe , District of Paderborn	015359.68
Lower Rhine		DE4203401	555537488	DE4203401	2011	⊙	Duisburg , Kleve , Wesel	025809.38
Oppenweher Moor	more pictures	DE3417471	555537425	DE3417471	2001	⊙	Minden-Lübbecke district	000471.51	Partial area also in the Lower Saxony district of Diepholz
Hellwegbörde		DE4415401	555537505	DE4415401	2008	⊙	Kreis Paderborn , Kreis Soest , Kreis Unna	048378.58
Ahr Mountains		DE5506471	555537672	DE5506471	2004	⊙	District of Euskirchen	000580.66	Partial area also in Rhineland-Palatinate
Lürwald and Bieberbach		DE4513401	555537518	DE4513401	2007	⊙	Hochsauerlandkreis , Märkischer Kreis , Soest District	002633.55
Möhnesee		DE4514401	555537519	DE4514401	2007	⊙	Soest district	001188.83
Schwalm-Nette-Platte with Grenzwald and Meinweg	more pictures	DE4603401	555537536	DE4603401	2007	⊙	Mönchengladbach , Heinsberg district , Kleve , Viersen	007221.98
Bruchhauser stones	more pictures	DE4617401	555537537	DE4617401	2007	⊙	Hochsauerlandkreis	000084.86
Medebacher Bay		DE4717401	555537557	DE4717401	2007	⊙	Hochsauerlandkreis	013849.26
Königsforst	more pictures	DE5008401	555537598	DE5008401	2007	⊙	Cologne , Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	002517.26
Crazy Heath	more pictures	DE5108401	555537611	DE5108401	1999	⊙	Cologne , Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis , Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	003039.35
Drover Heath	more pictures	DE5205401	555537623	DE5205401	2007	⊙	Kreuzau and Vettweiß in the Düren district	000598.47
Forests and meadows near Burbach and Neunkirchen		DE5214401	555537625	DE5214401	2007	⊙	Siegen-Wittgenstein district	004654.56
Red sandstone rocks in the Rur valley		DE5304401	555537640	DE5304401	2007	⊙	Nideggen , Kreuzau , and Heimbach in the Düren district	000315.38
Kermeter-Hetzinger Forest	more pictures	DE5304402	555577678	DE5304402	2011	⊙	Schleiden , Simmerath , Nideggen , Heimbach	004771.15
Kottenforst-Waldville		DE5308401	555537641	DE5308401	2007	⊙	Bonn , Rhein-Sieg district	003585.27
Lippeaue between Hamm and Lippstadt with Ahsewiesen		DE4314401	555537498	DE4314401	2007	⊙	Hamm , Kreis Soest , Kreis Warendorf	002301.23