Area: 1507.12 ha (of which COPIL Natura 2000 Mëllerdall is responsible for 454 ha)
Brief description (see also SDF end 2018-15/03/2019):
- Hilly landscape between the Gréngewald forest and the Mëllerdall region around Junglinster, Altlinster, Bourglinster, Godbrange, Oberanven and Ernster.
- Rather more than half the protected area is used for agriculture – mostly in the form of grassland, but there are also meadow orchards here.
- Also worth highlighting is the chalk heath (a quarter of Luxembourg’s total) which is particularly rich in endangered animal and plant species – and in places there is an impressively large number of orchids.
- The large areas of wet grassland are mainly in the valley of the White Ernz.
- The wooded areas are also largely confined to the slopes of the Black and White Ernz valleys (Bierger and Weimericht).
- In addition to its importance as a habitat for a colony of greater mouse-eared bats, the area is also very significant for a number of bird species (see also EU bird protection areas LU0002005 and LU0002015).
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):
- various types of grassland, including chalk heath,
- juniper heath,
- riparian forest and certain kinds of beech forest,
- the populations of the greater mouse-eared bat and the marsh fritillary
You can find the management plan of this region here.
where:
Fischbach