Natura 2000 related content is now shown on the Biodiversity Information System for Europe, BISE.
Please go to BISE or use the Natura 2000 map viewer for the latest information.
Uiterwaarden Lek
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code NL2003030)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since August 2002
- Country: Netherlands
- Administrative region: Utrecht (NL31), Zuid-Holland (NL33)
- Surface area: 1 km2 (148.00 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Atlantic biogeographical region
- It protects 1 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 4 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Species
Species summary
Nature directives' species in this site (1)| Species group | Number |
|---|---|
| Amphibians | 1 |
Habitat types
| Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
|---|---|---|
| 3270 | Rivers with muddy banks with Chenopodion rubri pp and Bidention pp vegetation | 0.7 |
| 6120 | Xeric sand calcareous grasslands | 4.9 |
| 6510 | Lowland hay meadows (Alopecurus pratensis, Sanguisorba officinalis) | 10 |
| 91E0 | Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) | 0.9 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 is the ecological network for the conservation of wild animals and plant
species and natural habitats of Community importance within the Union. It consists of
sites classified under the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive (the Nature Directives).
NATURA 2000 site under
| Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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| Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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August 2002 |
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December 2004 |
| Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | September 2013 |
| Date of Standard data form update | January 2018 |
Other resources
| Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
| Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
| European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
| Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |
