Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Ornithological information The site holds the highest density of breeding Crex crex in Germany, and is one of only two breeding sites for Acrocephalus paludicola. The site regularly holds 20,000 or more waterbirds, and the site is a migratory bottleneck, where 8,500 Grus grus reglarly pass.

Site description A large embanked river and shipping canal (Talaue der Oder), flowing south-north through a moraine landscape. The banks are vegetated with reed Phragmites and herbaceous growth; the surrounds are polders subject to flooding during high tides. Human activities include shipping, intensive grassland cultivation and arable production.

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Felchowseegebiet	Nature Reserve	971	protected area contained by site	971
Felchowseegebiet - DE2950302	Habitats Directive	628	protected area overlaps with site	578
Felchowseegebiet Ergänzung - DE2950306	Habitats Directive	2	protected area contained by site	2
Koppelberg Altgalow (Westteil) - DE3050304	Habitats Directive	3	protected area overlaps with site	0
Landiner Haussee	Nature Reserve	120	protected area contained by site	120
Mittlere Oderniederung - DE3453422	Birds Directive	31,717	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Nationalpark Unteres Odertal	Nature Reserve	10,598	protected area overlaps with site	10,242
Nationalparkregion Unteres Odertal	Landscape Protection Area	17,737	protected area overlaps with site	1,383
Pinnow - DE2950303	Habitats Directive	1,250	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Randow-Welse-Bruch - DE2751421	Birds Directive	32,180	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Stettiner Berge - DE2752304	Habitats Directive	22	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Unteres Odertal	National Park	10,598	protected area contained by site	10,598
Unteres Odertal - DE2951302	Habitats Directive	10,056	protected area overlaps with site	9,089
Unteres Odertal - DE2951401	Birds Directive	11,775	protected area overlaps with site	10,746
Unteres Odertal, Schwedt	Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)	5,400	protected area contained by site	5,400

Habitats

Land use

Management considerations Threats include sport fishing and tourism development.

Protection status National Partial International HighIBA overlaps with Landscape Protected Area and National Park. IBA overlaps with Ramsar Site and Special Protection Area.

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lower Oder valley. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013

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