AT065 Jochinger Insel
Austria
48.3904569736, 15.4667740277
- Category
- A
- Area
- 0,74 ha
- Origin
- B
- Hydro-morphology
- 3
- River km
- 2015
- Habitat Characteristic
- Softwood plantations, pioneer vegetation and bars
General Information
River dynamic made a natural island with nice gradients from gravel to sand, 2/3 covered with softwood, mainly willows, with some black poplar. Bigger trees always get cut by beaver. A pair of sandpipers breeds on the island every year. The gravel structure was done by viadonau in 2003.
Conservation status: Natura 2000