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Southern Tollense basin


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2002 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
Greylag Goose Anser anser LC winter 1990-1999 3,000 individuals B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis LC winter 1990-1999 6,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC winter 1990-1999 12,000 individuals B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera LC winter 1990-1999 400 individuals B1i, C3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris LC breeding 1991-1999 5 breeding pairs C2
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus LC breeding 1990-1999 1 breeding pairs C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding 1990-1999 4-5 breeding pairs A1, C1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ziemenbachtal Naturschutzgebiet 175 protected area overlaps with site 85
Wald- und Seenlandschaft Lieps-Serrahn Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 21,302 protected area overlaps with site 4,279
Tollensesee mit Zuflüssen und umliegenden Wäldern Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 6,550 protected area overlaps with site 3,508
Tollensebecken (Neubrandenburg-Stadt) Landscape Protection Area 2,644 protected area overlaps with site 1,390
Tollensebecken (Müritz) Landscape Protection Area 539 protected area contained by site 540
Tollensebecken (Mecklenburg-Strelitz) Landscape Protection Area 7,269 protected area overlaps with site 3,439
Tollensebecken Landschaftschutzgebiet 10,452 protected area overlaps with site 0
Rosenholz und Zippelower Bachtal Naturschutzgebiet 160 protected area contained by site 211
Nonnenhof Naturschutzgebiet 1,050 protected area contained by site 1,051
Nonnenbachtal Naturschutzgebiet 47 protected area overlaps with site 52
Hellberge Naturschutzgebiet 48 protected area contained by site 47

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Forest -
Shrubland Scrub -
Wetlands (inland) Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Southern Tollense basin. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/southern-tollense-basin-iba-germany on 30/09/2023.