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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	1992	49 breeding pairs	C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris	LC	breeding	1992	3 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Weerterheide	Nature Reserve	21	protected area contained by site	21
Weerter- en Budelerbergen & Ringselven	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,211	protected area contained by site	2,255
Weerter- en Budelerbergen & Ringselven	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,139	protected area overlaps with site	97
Ringselven en Kruispeel - NL2003065	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	293	protected area overlaps with site	124
Hugterheide	Nature Reserve	232	protected area contained by site	232
Het Weerterbos	Nature Reserve	547	protected area contained by site	547

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
water management	-
forestry	-
military	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Weerter- en Budelerbergen & Ringselven. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/weerter-en-budelerbergen-&-ringselven-iba-netherlands on 01/10/2023.