Tierstein with hillside forest and Eger spring

	Nature and bird sanctuary (SPA) ; "Tierstein with hillside forest and Eger spring" IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
	Egerquelle
location	Bopfingen in the Ostalbkreis , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
surface	2.9 ha
Identifier	1,037
WDPA ID	82716
Natura 2000 ID	DE-7127-401
Bird sanctuary	2,772 ha
Geographical location	48 ° 51 ' N , 10 ° 18' E Coordinates: 48 ° 51 '29 " N , 10 ° 18' 13" E
Setup date	August 14, 1972
administration	Regional Council Stuttgart

The Tierstein area with the hillside forest and the Eger spring is a nature reserve created by ordinance of the Stuttgart regional council of August 14, 1972. On November 20, 2007, a European bird sanctuary (protected area identifier DE-7127-401) was designated practically the same area.

location

The 2.8 hectare nature and bird sanctuary is at an average altitude of 511 m above sea level. NN , around 3.6 kilometers west of the center of Bopfingen on the hiking trail from Kapfenburg to Bopfingen.

description

The area is described as remarkable in terms of vegetation due to the diversity of plant communities. On the rock steppe heather alternating with steppe heather bushes and forests. On the flanks of the rock slope forest with a largely natural character. At the foot of the rock, scree slopes with subsequent ravine forest. Geomorphologically a particularly beautiful example of a spring basin with the Eger spring , one of the most important karst springs in the Eastern Alb.

Habitat classes



Mixed forest			80%
Inland rocks, rubble and rubble heaps, sandy areas			20%

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.

Eagle owl ( Bubo bubo )

Eagle owl

Preservation of open rock walls and quarries, each with caves, niches and ledges, preservation of richly structured cultural landscapes in the vicinity of the aforementioned habitats, of open meadow areas with hedges, preservation of habitats without sources of danger such as non-bird-safe overhead lines and wind turbines as well as disruption-free or at least disruption-free reproductive and resting places.

Peregrine falcon ( Falco peregrinus )

Peregrine falcon

Preservation of the open rock walls and quarries with caves, niches and ledges, preservation of habitats without sources of danger such as non-bird-safe overhead lines and unsecured chimneys as well as preservation of undisturbed or at least undisturbed breeding sites during reproduction in the period from February 15 to July 30.

literature

Reinhard Wolf , Ulrike Kreh (Hrsg.): The nature reserves in the Stuttgart administrative region. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7995-5176-2 .

Web links

Commons : Tierstein with hillside forest and Eger spring (EU bird sanctuary) - collection of images, videos and audio files

Regulation, data evaluation sheet and card im

Profile of the nature reserve in the LUBW's list of protected areas

Profile of the SPA area in the LUBW protected area directory

Individual evidence

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

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