Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum

NSG Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
View over the southern NSG section near Bislich, in the background the Rhine and Xanten (2013)
location	Wesel , Wesel District , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
surface	243 ha
Identifier	WES-025
WDPA ID	165153
Natura 2000 ID	(FFH) DE-4405-301 (FFH) DE-4203-401 (EVG) DE-4304-302 (FFH) DE-4405-301 (FFH) DE-4203-401 (EVG)
Geographical location	51 ° 41 ′  N , 6 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 32 "  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 58"  E
Setup date	1988
Framework plan	Landscape plan Wesel
administration	Lower landscape authority of Wesel district

The Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum is a nature reserve of around 243 hectares in Wesel . It is located in the Bislich district on the right bank of the Rhine .

The NSG Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum is almost entirely in the much larger European bird sanctuary DE-4203-401 Unterer Niederrhein . In addition, an area of ​​around 67 hectares in the south is designated as FFH area DE-4304-302 NSG Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum, only part of the area, and another sub-area, also in the south, is in the significantly larger FFH area DE-4405-301 Rhine -Fish protection zones between Emmerich and Bad Honnef . This makes the Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum part of the European Natura 2000 network of protected areas .

location

The nature reserve extends for around four kilometers over fore dikes along the Rhine between the Bislicher localities of Marwick in the south and Vahnum in the north. The lower floodplain areas are regularly flooded by the Rhine.

The NSG Droste Woy, Rheinaue between Wesel and Bislich borders directly south of Bislich . On the opposite side of the river there is the NSG Reeser Schanz, Rheinaue between Obermörmter and Vynen, at Gut Grindt and Haus Lüttingen .

Flora and fauna

In addition to poplars , head willows and willow bushes can be found within the area . Adopted during the immediate banks of the Rhine from niedrigwüchsiger vegetation, could in some more remote regions reed canary grass reed beds and tall herb corridors develop. With a quarry pond located within the Rheinaue with flat, sandy banks and a connection to the Rhine, the Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum offers a largely intact and diverse habitat to numerous meadow and water bird species that overwinter or breed here. However, parts of the total area are released for pasture use.

Species of common interest according to the fauna, flora, habitat and bird protection directives are found in the nature reserves in particular

• Common snipe , greenshank , ruff , redshank and godwit
• White-fronted Geese , Common Merganser , teals , teals , shoveler , bean geese , whooper swans , Smew and tundra swans
• Common terns
• Marsh harriers
• Reed Warbler
• Corncracks
• Wood sandpiper
• Meadow pipit

See also

• List of nature reserves in the Wesel district

Web links

Commons : Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum nature reserve  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Nature reserve "WES-025 Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum" in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Natura 2000 area DE-4203-401 in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia (bird sanctuary DE-4203-401 Unterer Niederrhein)
• Natura 2000 area DE-4304-302 in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia (FFH area DE-4304-302 NSG Rheinaue Bislich-Vahnum, only partial area)
• Natura 2000 area DE-4405-301 in the specialist information system of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection North Rhine-Westphalia (FFH area DE-4405-301 Rhine fish protection zones between Emmerich and Bad Honnef)