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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1997	2 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1994	7 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	breeding	2002	1 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	2002	3-7 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	2002	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	2002	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	breeding	2002	3-5 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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Wälder im Aukrug	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	597	protected area contained by site	597
Wälder im Aukrug	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	879	protected area contained by site	879
Wälder der nördlichen Itzehoer Geest	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	711	protected area contained by site	711
Tönsheider Wald	Naturschutzgebiet	60	protected area contained by site	61
Staatsforsten Barlohe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,366	protected area contained by site	2,366
Spülflächen Schachtholm	Naturschutzgebiet	124	protected area overlaps with site	11
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Elbästuar und angrenzende Flächen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	19,280	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Schierenwald	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	819	protected area contained by site	819
Schierenwald	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	588	protected area contained by site	588
Sandergebiet westlich von Brammerau	Landschaftschutzgebiet	80	protected area overlaps with site	83
Rantzau-Tal	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	215	protected area overlaps with site	98
Mühlenbarbeker Au und angrenzendes Quellhangmoor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	58	protected area contained by site	58
Mittlere Stör; Bramau und Bünzau	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	211	protected area overlaps with site	77
Lohmühlenteich	Landschaftschutzgebiet	30	protected area overlaps with site	15
Landschaftsbestandteile und Landschaftsteile im Bereich mehrerer Gemeinden	Landschaftschutzgebiet	375	protected area overlaps with site	44
Joachimsquelle	Landschaftschutzgebiet	101	protected area contained by site	102
Haaler Au	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	432	protected area overlaps with site	91
Dünen bei Kattbek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	152	protected area overlaps with site	60
Boxberg	Landscape Protection Area	19	protected area contained by site	19
Boxberg	Landschaftschutzgebiet	19	protected area contained by site	0
Aukrug	Nature Park	38,400	protected area overlaps with site	39,344

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Aukrug Nature Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.