Wild bird reserve Nordkehdingen

	Wild bird reserve Nordkehdingen nature reserve IUCN Category IV - Habitat / Species Management Area
location	Municipality Balje in Lower Saxony district Stade
surface	540.0 ha
Identifier	NSG LÜ 117
WDPA ID	166316
FFH area	10.1 ha
Bird sanctuary	540.0 ha
Geographical location	53 ° 51 ' N , 9 ° 3' E Coordinates: 53 ° 50 '41 " N , 9 ° 3' 0" E
Sea level	from -2 m to -1 m
Setup date	May 16, 1985
administration	NLWKN

The wild bird reserve Nordkehdingen is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony municipality of Balje in the integrated municipality of Nordkehdingen in the district of Stade .

The nature reserve with the sign NSG LÜ 117 is 540 hectares in size. It is completely part of the EU bird sanctuary "Lower Elbe". A small part of the protected area is also part of the FFH area "Lower Elbe". In the north the nature reserve borders directly on the nature reserve " Außenendeich Nordkehdingen I ", in the west on the " Vogelschutzgebiet Hullen ". On the other side of the Oste , the nature reserves " Ostesee " and " Hadelner und Belumer Außenendeich " are connected.

The nature reserve, which consists of three sub-areas, is located south of the Elbe in the Baljer and Hörner outer dyke behind the Elbe dyke, roughly north of Balje to the eastern barrier . It places a large meadow and pasture area under protection, which serves as a resting and feeding area for waders and water birds as well as a breeding area for meadow birds . The grassland areas are numerous trenches crisscrossed associated with the Northern Sielgraben. Through the northern Sielgraben that a sluice is connected to the Oste, the water balance of the surfaces can be controlled.

The area has been a nature reserve since May 16, 1985. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Stade.

Web links

Commons : Naturschutzgebiet Wildvogelreservat Nordkehdingen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Nature reserve "Wildvogelreservat Nordkehdingen" in the database of the Lower Saxony State Office for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN)