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Greifswalder Bodden


IBA Criteria

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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor LC winter 1985-1995 12,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC winter 1985-1995 3,000 individuals A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus LC winter 1985-1995 3,500 individuals A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC winter 1985-1995 2,000 individuals B1i, B2, C2, C6
Greylag Goose Anser anser LC winter 1985-1995 10,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis LC winter 1985-1995 8,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC winter 1985-1995 130,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis VU winter 1985-1995 80,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC winter 1985-1995 18,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus LC winter 1985-1995 2,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C2
Goosander Mergus merganser LC winter 1985-1995 15,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator LC winter 1985-1995 10,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina VU winter 1985-1995 12,000 individuals B1i, C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula LC winter 1985-1995 30,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC winter 1985-1995 70,000 individuals A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata LC winter 1985-1995 6,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera LC winter 1985-1995 8,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope LC winter 1985-1995 30,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos LC winter 1985-1995 70,000 individuals B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta LC winter 1985-1995 10,000 individuals B1i, C3
Anas crecca NR winter 1985-1995 14,000 individuals B1i, C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena LC winter 1985-1995 300 individuals B1i, C3
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus LC winter 1985-1995 4,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus VU winter 1985-1995 100 individuals B1i, C2, C6
Common Coot Fulica atra LC winter 1985-1995 30,000 individuals B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage 1985-1995 2,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC winter 1985-1995 10,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC winter 1985-1995 350 individuals C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC breeding 1990-1999 10 breeding pairs C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria LC winter 1985-1995 10,000-20,000 individuals C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax LC breeding 1987 12 breeding pairs C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax LC winter 1985-1995 600 individuals C6
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus LC winter 1990-1999 1,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus LC breeding 1985-1995 3 breeding pairs C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding 1985-1995 8 breeding pairs C6
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia LC winter 1985-1995 300 individuals A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger LC winter 1990-1999 2,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding 1990-1999 120-150 breeding pairs C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding 1985-1996 30-31 breeding pairs C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC winter 1985-1995 50 individuals C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding 1990-1999 9 breeding pairs A1, B2, C1
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus LC breeding 1990-1999 1 breeding pairs C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola VU breeding 1990-1999 8 breeding pairs C6
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia LC breeding 1990-1999 2,500 breeding pairs B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter 1985-1995 602,150-612,150 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.

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)
Wreechener See Naturschutzgebiet 84 protected area overlaps with site 68
Westliche Pommersche Bucht Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 97,945 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Vogelhaken Glewitz Naturschutzgebiet 85 protected area contained by site 89
Südwest-Rügen-Zudar Landschaftschutzgebiet 11,439 protected area overlaps with site 0
Schoritzer Wiek Naturschutzgebiet 437 protected area contained by site 464
Rügen UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 23,500 protected area overlaps with site 4,423
Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil B Naturschutzgebiet 268 protected area contained by site 300
Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil A Naturschutzgebiet 7,544 protected area overlaps with site 3,109
Neuensiener und Selliner See: Westufer des Selliner Sees Nature Reserve 213 protected area overlaps with site 196
Neuensiener und Selliner See Nature Reserve 234 protected area overlaps with site 0
Neuensiener und Selliner See Nature Reserve 234 protected area overlaps with site 0
Moore zwischen Greifswald und Miltzow Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 245 protected area overlaps with site 48
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,340 protected area overlaps with site 0
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,340 protected area contained by site 0
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,340 protected area overlaps with site 0
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,340 protected area contained by site 0
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,317 protected area overlaps with site 2,093
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,340 protected area overlaps with site 0
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,340 protected area contained by site 0
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,340 protected area contained by site 0
Mönchgut Nature Reserve 2,340 protected area contained by site 0
Mittlerer Strelasund (Rügen) Landscape Protection Area 892 protected area overlaps with site 460
Mittlerer Strelasund (Hansestadt Stralsund) Landscape Protection Area 487 protected area contained by site 1,900
Mittlerer Strelasund Landschaftschutzgebiet 1,379 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lanken Naturschutzgebiet 57 protected area contained by site 63
Ladebower Moor Naturschutzgebiet 133 protected area contained by site 131
Küstenlandschaft Südostrügen Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 2,422 protected area overlaps with site 2,186
Kormorankolonie bei Niederhof Naturschutzgebiet 25 protected area contained by site 27
Kleingewässerlandschaft bei Dömitzow Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 886 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Kieshofer Moor Naturschutzgebiet 27 protected area overlaps with site 29
Insel Vilm Naturschutzgebiet 175 protected area contained by site 171
Insel Usedom mit Festlandgürtel Landschaftschutzgebiet 36,321 protected area is adjacent to site 862
Insel Usedom Nature Park 72,000 protected area overlaps with site 3,272
Insel Koos, Kooser See und Wampener Riff Naturschutzgebiet 1,560 protected area contained by site 1,568
Halbinsel Fahrenbrink Naturschutzgebiet 30 protected area contained by site 36
Halbinsel Devin Naturschutzgebiet 106 protected area contained by site 106
Greifswalder Oie Naturschutzgebiet 250 protected area overlaps with site 36
Greifswalder Oie Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 218 protected area overlaps with site 36
Greifswalder Boddenrandschwelle und Teile der Pommerschen Bucht Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 39,872 protected area overlaps with site 11,623
Greifswalder Bodden; Teile des Strelasundes und Nordspitze Usedom Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 60,406 protected area overlaps with site 59,970
Greifswalder Bodden und südlicher Strelasund Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 87,362 protected area overlaps with site 87,468
Greifswalder Bodden Landschaftschutzgebiet 56,257 protected area overlaps with site 0
Goor-Muglitz Nature Reserve 157 protected area overlaps with site 0
Goor-Muglitz Nature Reserve 157 protected area overlaps with site 0
Goor - Muglitz: Muglitzer Boddenufer Nature Reserve 142 protected area overlaps with site 53
Boddenküste am Strelasund Landschaftschutzgebiet 3,429 protected area contained by site 3,432
Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen Landschaftschutzgebiet 22,836 protected area overlaps with site 14,302

Habitats

IUCN Habitat Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Grassland Humid grasslands -
Coastline Salt marshes -
Sea Sea inlets and coastal features -
For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -
urban/industrial/transport -
fisheries/aquaculture -
For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Greifswalder Bodden. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 26/05/2022.



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