Area: 1526.98 ha (of which COPIL Natura 2000 Mëllerdall is responsible for 1320 ha)
Brief description (see also SDF end 2018-15/03/2019):
- The lower Sûre valley between Echternach and Wasserbillig and adjacent valley sides and upland areas.
- Almost half the protected area is used for agriculture, with rather more than half of that used for arable farming.
- About one third of the area is covered with deciduous forest, mainly various kinds of beech forest such as Asperulo-Fagetum beech forest.
- Other features of interest are the areas of chalk heath, one of the most species-rich kinds of habitat, Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines and also the rare limestone beech forest.
- In addition to a big colony of greater mouse-eared bat, other bat species are also of interest in this protected area.
The main targets for protection (under the ban on deterioration) in this area are the following habitats and species (see also RGD 6.11.2009):
- the water quality of the lower Sûre and its tributaries (incl. specific freshwater habitat types and aquatic species such as the brook lamprey),
- various rocky habitats,
- various types of grassland vegetation such as the particularly species- and flora-rich chalk heath and lowland hay meadows,
- various kinds of woodland habitat such as riparian forest and forests of slopes, screes and ravines,
- the populations of the greater mouse-eared bat and the Jersey tiger moth
You can find the management plan for this region here.
where:
Echternach, Rosport-Mompach