BirdLife Data Zone

NL054

Groote Wielen

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	non-breeding	2011-2015	11,401-14,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2016).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2018	not assessed	low	medium
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	medium

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	flight paths	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ryptsjerkster- en Binnemiedepolder	Nature Reserve	462	protected area contained by site	462
Groote Wielen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	604	is identical to site	0
Groote Wielen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	604	is identical to site	600
Groote Wielen	Natuurbeschermingswet	604	is identical to site	0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
other	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
water management	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Groote Wielen. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/groote-wielen-iba-netherlands on 05/10/2023.