Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Summary An area of subalpine forests and alpine meadows with rocky areas at higher elevations and small villages in the valley bottoms. An important site for species breeding in conifer forests. Black Grouse, Three-toed Woodpecker, Ring Ouzel and Citril Finch reach high densities. No serious threats are known at this site.

Ornithological information Das IBA «Pays d’Enhaut» zeichnet sich durch seine grosse Bedeutung für die Brutvögel der Nadelwälder aus. So gehören unter anderem Heckenbraunelle, Tannenmeise, Haubenmeise, Wintergoldhähnchen, Singdrossel, Misteldrossel, Ringdrossel und Zitronengirlitz zu den häufigsten Vogelarten des Gebietes. Weitere typische Bergvogelarten kommen vor, wie das Birkhuhn, das Steinhuhn, der Dreizehenspecht und die Bergstelze. Hochalpine Arten wie Bergpieper, Alpenbraunelle, Alpendohle und Schneesperling zählen ebenfalls zu den Brutvögeln dieses IBAs.

Site description Die Region des Pays d’Enhaut liegt vorwiegend in den Waadtländer und Berner Voralpen und umfasst hauptsächlich das Einzugsgebiet der Saane. Das Gebiet wird im Norden durch den Vanil Noir und im Süden durch den Mont d’Or und den La Para begrenzt. Im Westen reicht das IBA «Pays d’Enhaut» bis zu den Rochers de Naye, im Osten schliesst es noch das Lauenengebiet mit ein. In tieferen Lagen herrscht Weidenutzung vor und vielerorts sind artenreiche Wiesen zu finden. Kleinere Dörfer liegen vor allem im Tal der Saane mit Château-d’Oex als grösste Ortschaft. Subalpiner Fichtenwald dominiert zwischen 1000 m und 1800 m ü. M., der vielerorts zur Weidenutzung aufgelichtet ist. Oberhalb des Waldes schliesst mancherorts eine Strauchzone an und in den höchsten Gebirgsregionen finden sich ausgedehnte alpine Rasen und felsige Regionen.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
am ussere Saligrabe	Fenlands of National Importance	10	protected area contained by site	10
Anteinettes d'en Haut	Fenlands of National Importance	11	protected area contained by site	11
Ciernes Picat	Fenlands of National Importance	17	protected area contained by site	17
Col des Mosses	Fenlands of National Importance	78	protected area contained by site	78
Col des Mosses	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	25	protected area contained by site	25
Col des Mosses/La Lécherette	Mire Landscapes of National Importance	1,588	protected area contained by site	1,588
Communs des Mosses, est	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	8	protected area contained by site	8
Communs des Mosses, est de la route	Fenlands of National Importance	82	protected area contained by site	82
Communs des Mosses, ouest	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	3	protected area contained by site	3
Corne du Soere	Fenlands of National Importance	19	protected area contained by site	19
Falksmatte / Sodersegg / Dürri	Fenlands of National Importance	64	protected area contained by site	64
Fäng / Hinder der Egg / Göüch	Fenlands of National Importance	47	protected area contained by site	47
Fessu Derrière	Fenlands of National Importance	22	protected area contained by site	22
Fonds de l'Hongrin	Fenlands of National Importance	18	protected area contained by site	18
Gelten-Iffigen	Landscapes and Natural Monuments of National Importance	4,690	protected area overlaps with site	206
Grandes Charbonnières	Fenlands of National Importance	5	protected area contained by site	5
Gros Mont	Fenlands of National Importance	14	protected area contained by site	14
Gros Mont	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	12	protected area contained by site	12
Hochmatt-Motélon	Federal Hunting Reserves	2,954	protected area overlaps with site	734
La Barme	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	1	protected area contained by site	1
La Manche	Fenlands of National Importance	22	protected area contained by site	22
La Mossette	Fenlands of National Importance	9	protected area contained by site	9
La Pierreuse-Gummfluh-Vallée de l'Etivaz	Landscapes and Natural Monuments of National Importance	6,079	protected area contained by site	6,079
La Sarine pres Chateau-d'Oex	Floodplains of National Importance	34	protected area contained by site	34
La Torneresse a l'Etivaz	Floodplains of National Importance	19	protected area contained by site	19
Lauenensee	Fenlands of National Importance	13	protected area contained by site	13
Lauenensee	Mire Landscapes of National Importance	1,248	protected area contained by site	1,248
Lauenensee	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	26	protected area contained by site	26
Les Bimis-Ciernes Picat	Federal Hunting Reserves	1,545	protected area contained by site	1,545
Les Cases	Fenlands of National Importance	7	protected area contained by site	7
Les Chapelles	Fenlands of National Importance	6	protected area contained by site	6
Les Roseys	Fenlands of National Importance	8	protected area overlaps with site	7
Monts Chevreuils	Fenlands of National Importance	25	protected area contained by site	25
Moos 1	Fenlands of National Importance	39	protected area contained by site	39
Pâquier Mottier	Fenlands of National Importance	6	protected area contained by site	6
Pierreuse-Gummfluh	Federal Hunting Reserves	1,598	protected area contained by site	1,598
Rohr	Fenlands of National Importance	38	protected area contained by site	38
Rohr - Oey	Floodplains of National Importance	37	protected area contained by site	37
Rohr Gsteig	Fenlands of National Importance	5	protected area contained by site	5
Rysch	Fenlands of National Importance	11	protected area contained by site	11
Sattel / Brüchi	Fenlands of National Importance	32	protected area contained by site	32
Schmidsfang / Satteleggbärgli	Fenlands of National Importance	23	protected area contained by site	23
Sonna	Fenlands of National Importance	26	protected area contained by site	26
Tour d'Aï-Dent de Corjon	Landscapes and Natural Monuments of National Importance	12,506	protected area overlaps with site	8,770
Tourbière à l'ouest de la Lécherette	Fenlands of National Importance	22	protected area contained by site	22
Tourbière de Pra Cornet	Fenlands of National Importance	8	protected area contained by site	8
Tourbière sous les Plans - Les Tésailles	Fenlands of National Importance	59	protected area contained by site	59
Tourbiere a l'est de la Lecherette	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	2	protected area contained by site	2
Tourbiere de Pra Cornet	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	7	protected area contained by site	7
Tourbiere sous les Plans	Raised and Transitional Bogs of National Importance	2	protected area contained by site	2
Tschärzis	Fenlands of National Importance	10	protected area contained by site	10
Vanil Noir	Landscapes and Natural Monuments of National Importance	6,319	protected area overlaps with site	5,672
Vers Champ	Fenlands of National Importance	10	protected area contained by site	10

Habitats

Land use

Management considerations Das Pays d’Enhaut ist eine Bergregion vorwiegend mit Berglandwirtschaft und sanftem Tourismus. Intensivere Heuwiesennutzung mit mehreren Schnitten pro Jahr senkt den Bruterfolg vieler Wiesenbrüter, wie zum Beispiel von Feldlerche und Braunkehlchen, und lässt damit deren Bestände schwinden.

Protection status BLN-Landschaften: Gelten-Iffigen: wenig im IBA; La Pierreuse – Gummfluh – Vallée de l’Etivaz: vollständig im IBA; Tour d’Aï – Dent de Corjon: grösstenteils im IBA; Vanil Noir: grösstenteils im IBA; Moorlandschaften: Col des Mosses/La Lécherette: vollständig im IBA; Lauenensee: vollständig im IBA; Flachmoore: 32 Objekte: Vollständig im IBA; Hochmoore: 9 Objekte: vollständig im IBA; Auengebiete: La Sarine près Châteaux-d’Oex: vollständig im IBA; La Torneresse à l'Etivaz: vollständig im IBA; Rohr/Oey: vollständig im IBA; Jagdbanngebiete: Hochmatt – Motélon: teilweise im IBA; Les Bimis – Ciernes Picat: vollständig im IBA; Pierreuse – Gummfluh: vollständig im IBA;

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Pre-alpine region of Pays d'Enhaut. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 23/05/2013

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