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Management realignment offers a possibility to enlarge the estuary and create valuable intertidal wetlands.
Ketenisse is muddy and very attractive for bird species. Nine common water birds on Ketenisse are on bird directive’s list for protected bird species.
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Ketenisse wetland - small scale tidal wetland restoration in the brackish part of the estuary
Table of content
- 1. Description of measure
- 1a. Measure description
- 1b. Monitoring
- 1c. Monitoring results
- 2. Execution of main effectiveness criteria
- 2a. Effectiveness according to development targets of measure
- 2b. Impact on ecosystem services
- 2c. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according to uses
- 3. Additional evaluation criteria in view of EU environmental law
- 3a. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according to WFD aims
- 3b. Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according to Natura 2000 aims
- 4. Crux of the matter
- 5. References
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Degree of synergistic effects and conflicts according to Natura 2000 aims
Intertidal wetlands are important under the habitat directive for estuaries. More specifically, brackish marshes are rare and in Europe only in the mouth of the Elbe and Western Scheldt. The creation of a brackish intertidal wetland in the Sea Scheldt is hence of high value related to habitat diversity.Management realignment offers a possibility to enlarge the estuary and create valuable intertidal wetlands.
Ketenisse is muddy and very attractive for bird species. Nine common water birds on Ketenisse are on bird directive’s list for protected bird species.
| Conservation objectives (Sea scheldt) | Specification | Effect? | Short explanation | ||||
| - | 0 | + | |||||
| Protected habitats: Coast and brackish habitats | Atlantic marshes (HD, code 1330) | X | Newly created intertidal wetland in the protected area BE2300006, and quality improvement for this type of habitat. | ||||
| Protected birds | Acrocephalus paludicola | X | Not observed | ||||
| Anas acuta | X | Not observed | |||||
| Anas clypeata | X | Not observed | |||||
| Anas crecca (Eurasian Teal) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||
| Anas Penelope (Eurasian Wigeon) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||
| Anas strepera (Gadwall) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||
| Anser albifrons | X | Not observed | |||||
| Anser anser (Greylag Goose) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||
| Anser brachyrhynchus | X | Not observed | |||||
| Anser fabalis | X | Not observed | |||||
| Arenaria interpres | X | Not observed | |||||
| Recurvirostra avosetta (Pied Avocet) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||
| Aythya ferina | X | Not observed | |||||
| Aythya fuligula | X | Not observed | |||||
| circus cyaneus | X | Not observed | |||||
| Circus bewickii | X | Not observed | |||||
| Egretta alba | X | Not observed | |||||
| Larus argentatus (European Herring Gull) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||
| Larus canus | X | Not observed | |||||
| Larus ridibundus (Black-headed Gull) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||
| Numenius arquata (Curlew) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||
| Numenius phaeopus | X | Not observed | |||||
| Philomachus pugnax | X | Not observed | |||||
| Platalaea leucorodia | X | Not observed | |||||
| Pluvialis apricaria | X | Not observed | |||||
| Tadorna tadorna (Common Shelduck) | X | Common water bird on Ketenisse | |||||