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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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1984	2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	1996	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	resident	1996	8 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1996	1 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1996	2 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1996	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	1996	5 breeding pairs	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1996	2 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	breeding	1996	3-4 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	1996	5-10 breeding pairs	C6

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

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Schwarzbachniederung mit Sprottabruch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	737	protected area overlaps with site	383
Roitzsch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	181	protected area contained by site	181
Roitzsch	Naturschutzgebiet	9	protected area contained by site	9
Presseler Heidewald- und Moorgebiet	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,221	protected area overlaps with site	4,221
Presseler Heidewald- und Moorgebiet	Naturschutzgebiet	4,095	protected area overlaps with site	4,020
Elbtal zwischen Mühlberg und Greudnitz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,905	protected area overlaps with site	0
Dübener Heide	Nature Park	75,994	protected area contains site	10,034
Dübener Heide	Landschaftschutzgebiet	23,530	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dübener Heide	Landschaftschutzgebiet	7,744	protected area contains site	10,034
Dübener Heide	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9,350	protected area overlaps with site	7,732
Dübener Heide	Landschaftschutzgebiet	29,962	protected area contains site	0
Dommitzscher Grenzbachgebiet	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	573	protected area overlaps with site	236
Dommitzscher Grenzbach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6	protected area overlaps with site	0
Buchenwaldgebiet Kossa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	660	protected area overlaps with site	352

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pressel wooded heath and mire. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pressel-wooded-heath-and-mire-iba-germany on 22/09/2023.