AT038
Meadows and lakes in the foreland of the Alps in Salzburg and Upper Austria


IBA Criteria

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) of estimate Population estimate IBA Criteria Triggered
Corncrake Crex crex LC breeding 1997-2005 5-6 breeding pairs C6
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata NT breeding 1993 13-19 breeding pairs B2
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus LC breeding 1997-2005 4 breeding pairs C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica LC breeding 1997-2005 30-40 breeding pairs C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here


IBA Protection

Protected Area Designation Area (ha) Relationship with IBA Overlap with IBA (ha)
Zellersee oder Irrsee Naturschutzgebiet 351 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Wiesengebiete und Seen im Alpenvorland Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1,263 protected area overlaps with site 0
Wallersee-Wengermoor Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 298 protected area overlaps with site 298
Wallersee-Wengermoor Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 298 protected area overlaps with site 0
Wallersee Wengermoor Naturschutzgebiet 298 protected area overlaps with site 0
Wallersee Fischtaginger Spitz Naturschutzgebiet 47 protected area overlaps with site 0
Wallersee Bayrhamer Spitz Naturschutzgebiet 48 protected area overlaps with site 0
Wallersee Landschaftsschutzgebiet 1,170 protected area overlaps with site 0
Unknown Nature Reserve 1,102 protected area overlaps with site 640
Trumerseen Naturschutzgebiet 412 protected area overlaps with site 0
Trumer Seen Landschaftsschutzgebiet 1,422 protected area overlaps with site 0
Oichtenriede Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 105 protected area overlaps with site 105
Oichten Riede Naturschutzgebiet 104 protected area overlaps with site 0
Obertrumer See Naturschutzgebiet 50 protected area overlaps with site 0
Nordmoor am Grabensee Naturschutzgebiet 21 protected area overlaps with site 0
Mooswiesen am Irrsee Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 32 protected area overlaps with site 0
Irrsee-Moore Naturschutzgebiet 53 protected area overlaps with site 0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Grassland Humid grasslands -
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation -
For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
not utilised -
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Meadows and lakes in the foreland of the Alps in Salzburg and Upper Austria. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/03/2023.