Tailfinger Ried

	Tailfinger Ried nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	NSG Tailfinger Ried
location	Albstadt in the Zollernalbkreis , Baden-Wuerttemberg
surface	9.6 ha
Identifier	4,190
WDPA ID	165809
Geographical location	48 ° 16 ' N , 9 ° 0' E Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '9 " N , 9 ° 0' 4" E
Sea level	from 780 m to 790 m
Setup date	May 10, 1991
administration	Regional Council Tübingen

Tailfinger Ried is a nature reserve designated by the Tübingen Regional Council of May 10, 1991 with the number 4.190.

location

The nature reserve is located in the Hohe Schwabenalb natural area and lies in the Schmiecha valley between the Albstadt districts of Onstmettingen and Tailfingen . In the west and east it borders on the protected landscape area No. 4.17.001 Albstadt-Bitz .

Protection purpose

According to the ordinance, the protection purpose is the preservation, maintenance and improvement of a wetland complex, which is rare for the Swabian Alb, which is characterized by dry locations, as a habitat for numerous endangered and protected animal and plant species, as well as as a structuring landscape element in a densely populated urban landscape. Of particular ecological importance here are:

the largely natural course of the Schmiecha and its side ditches;
the unused large sedge companies adapted to the respective water level;
the extensively used wet meadows on the edge;
the fens with the butterfly species attached to them;
the entire area as a breeding, feeding and resting habitat for endangered and threatened bird species.

Flora and fauna

The biodiversity of the area is reflected in the 168 plant and 108 animal species that have been recorded so far. The predominant plant species is the stiff sedge . The area is a breeding ground for the little ringed plover and the great gray shrike . Also noteworthy is the occurrence of the fringed mother-of-pearl moth .

literature

Regional Council Tübingen (ed.): The nature reserves in the administrative district of Tübingen . Thorbecke, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-7995-5175-5 .

Web links

Commons : Tailfinger Ried nature reserve - collection of images, videos and audio files

Profile of the nature reserve in the protected area directory of the LUBW with protected area ordinance and map