Medebacher Bucht bird sanctuary

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Medebacher Bucht bird sanctuary
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location Hochsauerlandkreis , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
Identifier DE-4717-401
WDPA ID 555537557
Natura 2000 ID DE-4717-401
Bird sanctuary 138.493 km²
Geographical location 51 ° 11 '  N , 8 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 51 ° 11 '10 "  N , 8 ° 37' 31"  E
Bird sanctuary Medebacher Bucht (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Medebacher Bucht bird sanctuary
Setup date 2004
administration Regional council Arnsberg
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Whinchat in the Nuhnewiesen nature reserve
Langeloh area in the Magergrünland conservation area south of Hallenberg

Parts of the Medebacher Bucht were designated as a European bird sanctuary in 2004 (abbreviated bird sanctuary), under NR. DE-4717-401, shown in the Natura 2000 protected area system of the European Union . With an area of ​​138.72 km², it covers 75.3% of the entire Medebach Bay. The protected area is mainly located in the urban areas Hallenberg and Medebach , a smaller part is in the urban area of Winterberg . It goes to the state border of North Rhine-Westphalia . In Hesse , the Hessisches Rothaargebirge bird sanctuary is directly adjacent . The reason for the designation of the Medebacher Bucht as a bird sanctuary is that some rare bird species with larger numbers of breeding pairs can be found there. This was due in particular, the presence of black stork , honey buzzard , red kite , boreal owl , kingfisher , gray-headed woodpecker , red-backed shrike , shrike and meadow pipit . There are also numerous other rare animal species such as quail , partridge , Mühlkoppe , brook lamprey , swallowtail , ducat fire butterfly and warty bite . Floristic rarities such as globe flower , farm mustard and heather carnation can also be found in the Medebach Bay. Entire habitat complexes are of European importance here, such as mountain hay meadows, oat meadows and mountain heaths.

history

In 1990 the Association for Nature and Bird Protection in the Hochsauerlandkreis (VNV) proposed to the International Council for Bird Protection that the Medebach Bay be designated. In 1998 it was designated as a bird sanctuary. In the 1990s, the VNV had 4 to 5 breeding pairs (BP) black stork (10–15% of the NRW population), 20 BP red kite (5–10% of the NRW population), 300 to 500 BP red-backed killer (15–20%) of the NRW population), 30 BP gray shrike (30–50% of the NRW population), 60 whinchat (20% of the NRW population) and 30 BP gray woodpecker (3–5% of the NRW population) detected. At the request of the VNV, the NRW Foundation bought land in Piezfeld and Gelängebachtal in the 1990s. In 1997 the state of North Rhine-Westphalia made DM 2.5 million available to improve the habitat of the gray shrike. These funds were approved over five years. The implementation of the project was in the hands of the Biological Station Hochsauerlandkreis .

From 2005 to 2009 a LIFE project of the European Union ran in the bird sanctuary Medebacher Bucht . The project sponsor on site was the Biological Station Hochsauerlandkreis.

During the LIFE project, water renaturation was carried out on the rivers Nuhne , Orke and Gelänge . Over 1000 meters of bank reinforcement could be removed from the Nuhne so that natural bank and bed structures can develop. At Nuhne, Gelänge and Orke a total of 74 weirs were rebuilt and are now passable again for fish and other small organisms.

In the nature reserve Nuhnewiesen an observation tower was built. Four nature trails in “highlights” of the area have been created and multimedia exhibitions have been set up in Medebach and Hallenberg.

With the hay grass seed , with cuttings from the Medebach Bay, the station inoculated formerly species-poor locations. Two double-knife cutter bars, which were purchased from project funds, can be loaned to interested farmers upon request from the biological station. On the Hilmesberg near Hesborn , large areas of unrelated and monotonous spruce stands were removed. The surfaces were inoculated with heather seeds in a special injection process. The two kinds of berries blueberry and cranberry were autochthonous abgeplaggten Soden applied.

In 2019 the Bird Protection Action Plan (VMP) of the EU Bird Protection Area Medebacher Bucht was published by the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection in North Rhine-Westphalia . It was found that since the designation there has been a decline in many bird species in the bird sanctuary as well, as there was a strong intensification of agriculture in the Medebach Bay. The 'Bird Protection Action Plan' lists measures to stop the decline in bird species in the protected area.

Landscape maintenance association Medebacher Bucht

In December 2016, the Medebacher Bucht landscape conservation association was founded to strengthen species protection in the bird sanctuary. In addition to farmers from the Medebacher Bucht, the towns of Hallenberg and Medebach, the Association for Nature and Bird Protection in the Hochsauerlandkreis and the Agricultural District Association Hochsauerlandkreis are members of the association. The chairman of the association is Josef Schreiber, chairman of the agricultural district association Hochsauerlandkreis and the managing director is Werner Schubert, head of the Biological Station Hochsauerlandkreis. The landscape maintenance association Medebacher Bucht is the first landscape maintenance association in Westphalia . One focus is the care of the hedges in order to raise the red-backed shrimp population in the bird sanctuary. Furthermore, fallow areas are to be mowed and orchards are to be created.

In 2018, a Christmas tree culture was converted back to grassland for grazing. The area should serve as a breeding ground for the red-backed shrimp.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
  2. ^ Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority (ed.): Landscape plan Hallenberg, Meschede 2004.
  3. ↑ Johannes Schröder: Scandal over the bird sanctuary "Medebacher Bucht". In: Irrgeister.  14, 1997, pp. 4-7.
  4. ↑ Medebacher Bucht - building block for Natura 2000 , on medebacher-bucht.de
  5. ↑ Bird protection plan Medebacher Bucht
  6. ↑ Farmers and conservationists found the Westfalenpost landscape conservation association on December 2, 2016
  7. ↑ Landschaftspflegeverein Medebacher Bucht presents the Westfalenpost project from July 3, 2018

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