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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
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2011-2015	8-10 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	2011-2015	22-27 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	2011-2015	36-46 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	2011-2015	143-150 breeding pairs	C6

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

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Pernis apivorus	European Honey-buzzard	8	8	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Dryocopus martius	Black Woodpecker	30	22	breeding pairs	74	near favourable
Lanius collurio	Red-backed Shrike	20	36	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Lullula arborea	Woodlark	110	143	breeding pairs	100	favourable

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	Not assessed	medium

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vledderhof	Nature Reserve with Management Subsidy	108	protected area contained by site	108
Kern Boswachterij Vledderveld	Nature Reserve	119	protected area contained by site	119
Drents-Friese Woud	National Park	6,130	protected area contained by site	6,130
Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6,806	protected area contains site	6,390
Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7,466	protected area contains site	7,093
Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld	Natuurbeschermingswet	7,466	protected area contains site	0
Drents-Friese Wold	Nationaal Park	5,552	protected area overlaps with site	0
Doldersummer Veld	Nature Reserve with Management Subsidy	413	protected area contained by site	426
Bouwersveld	Nature Reserve with Management Subsidy	53	protected area contained by site	63
Boswachterij Smilde	Nature Reserve	2,471	protected area contained by site	2,471
Boswachterij Appelscha	Nature Reserve	1,849	protected area contained by site	1,849
Berkenheuvel	Nature Conservation Law	1,000	protected area contained by site	1,000

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Forestry plantations	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
water management	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/drents-friese-wold-&-leggelderveld-iba-netherlands on 04/12/2023.