Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2002
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis | LC | winter | 1990-1999 | 5,500 individuals | B1i, B2, C2 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 2 breeding pairs | A4i |
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria | LC | winter | 1990-1999 | 15,900 individuals | A4i, B1i, C6 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa | NT | breeding | 1990-1999 | 184 breeding pairs | B2 |
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 8 breeding pairs | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 18 breeding pairs | C6 |
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 1 breeding pairs | C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1990-1999 | 21,400 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Teichfledermaus-Gewässer im Raum Aurich | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 58 | protected area overlaps with site | 9 |
Südteil Großes Meer | Naturschutzgebiet | 498 | protected area contained by site | 495 |
Ostfriesische Meere | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 5,922 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,951 |
Loppersumer Meer | Naturschutzgebiet | 48 | protected area contained by site | 54 |
Großes Meer; Loppersumer Meer | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 891 | protected area contained by site | 891 |
Großes Meer und Umgebung | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 2,146 | protected area contained by site | 2,177 |
Großes Meer und Umgebung | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 272 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Groen Breike | Naturschutzgebiet | 55 | protected area contained by site | 55 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Grassland | Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ostfriesische Meere. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 11/08/2022.