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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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | LC | winter | 1997 | 230 individuals | C2 |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 1-2 breeding pairs | C6 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | LC | passage | 1990-1999 | 18,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Gadwall Mareca strepera | LC | passage | 1990-1999 | 493 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 10-75 breeding pairs | B1i, B3, C6 |
Common Crane Grus grus | LC | passage | 1990-1999 | 1,200 individuals | B1i, C2 |
Common Crane Grus grus | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 40-45 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 2-4 breeding pairs | C6 |
White Stork Ciconia ciconia | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 104 breeding pairs | B2, C6 |
Ruff Calidris pugnax | LC | passage | 1997 | 300 individuals | C6 |
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | LC | passage | 1997 | 600 individuals | C6 |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger | LC | passage | 1997 | 100 individuals | C2, C6 |
Osprey Pandion haliaetus | LC | passage | 1997 | 10 individuals | C6 |
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 5 breeding pairs | C6 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla | LC | breeding | 2001 | 2-3 breeding pairs | B2 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla | LC | winter | 1990-1999 | 35 individuals | C6 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 5-25 breeding pairs | C6 |
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 2-4 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 40-60 breeding pairs | C6 |
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 160-180 breeding pairs | B3, C6 |
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 800-1,300 breeding pairs | B3 |
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 30-50 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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Wutschgerogge | Naturschutzgebiet | 8 | protected area contained by site | 8 |
Wiesenau | Naturschutzgebiet | 135 | protected area contained by site | 135 |
Wiesenau | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 135 | protected area contained by site | 135 |
Wald- und Seengebiet zwischen Schwielochsee, Lieberose und Spreewald | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 3,678 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Vetschauer Mühlenfließ - Teiche Stradow | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 272 | protected area contained by site | 272 |
Verlandungszone Köthener See | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 66 | protected area contained by site | 66 |
Verlandungszone Köthener See | Naturschutzgebiet | 66 | protected area contained by site | 66 |
Unterspreewald | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,521 | protected area contained by site | 2,521 |
Spreewald und Lieberoser Endmoräne | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 80,216 | protected area overlaps with site | 41,961 |
Spreewald | Landscape Protection Area | 28,700 | unknown | 0 |
Spreewald | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 47,492 | protected area contains site | 47,344 |
Spree | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 2,306 | protected area overlaps with site | 720 |
Sölla | Naturschutzgebiet | 33 | protected area contained by site | 33 |
Ribocka | Naturschutzgebiet | 50 | protected area contained by site | 50 |
Pretschener Spreeniederung | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 799 | protected area contained by site | 799 |
Nördliches Spreewaldrandgebiet | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 397 | protected area overlaps with site | 22 |
Niederung Börnichen | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 141 | protected area contained by site | 141 |
Neuendorfer Seewiesen | Naturschutzgebiet | 68 | protected area contained by site | 68 |
Neu Zaucher Weinberg | Naturschutzgebiet | 38 | protected area contained by site | 38 |
Naturentwicklungsgebiet Kockot | Naturschutzgebiet | 26 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Naturentwicklungsgebiet Abramka | Naturschutzgebiet | 102 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Meiereisee und Kriegbuschwiesen | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 117 | protected area contained by site | 117 |
Meiereisee | Naturschutzgebiet | 25 | protected area contained by site | 25 |
Luchsee | Naturschutzgebiet | 113 | protected area contained by site | 113 |
Luchsee | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 113 | protected area contained by site | 113 |
Lehniksberg | Naturschutzgebiet | 13 | protected area contained by site | 13 |
Lehniksberg | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 13 | protected area contained by site | 13 |
Krumme Spree | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 1,450 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Köthener See | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 17 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Kockot | Naturschutzgebiet | 261 | protected area contained by site | 287 |
Josinskyluch | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 172 | protected area contained by site | 172 |
Josinsky-Luch | Naturschutzgebiet | 172 | protected area contained by site | 172 |
Innerer Unterspreewald | Naturschutzgebiet | 2,231 | protected area contained by site | 2,233 |
Innerer Oberspreewald | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 5,758 | protected area contained by site | 5,758 |
Innerer Oberspreewald | Naturschutzgebiet | 5,643 | protected area contained by site | 5,758 |
Heideseen | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 239 | protected area contained by site | 239 |
Heideseen | Naturschutzgebiet | 239 | protected area contained by site | 239 |
Hain Lübben | Naturschutzgebiet | 18 | protected area contained by site | 18 |
Erweiterung Josinskyluch - Krumme Spree | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 68 | protected area contained by site | 68 |
Erweiterung Heideseen Verlandungszone Köthener See - westlicher T | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 229 | protected area contained by site | 229 |
Ellerborn; Ribocka und Ragower Niederungswiesen | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 665 | protected area contained by site | 665 |
Ellerborn | Naturschutzgebiet | 57 | protected area contained by site | 57 |
Dahme-Heideseen | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 56,629 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Dahme-Heideseen | Nature Park | 59,115 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Byhleguhrer See | Naturschutzgebiet | 853 | protected area contained by site | 853 |
Byhleguhrer See | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 853 | protected area contained by site | 853 |
Bukoitza | Naturschutzgebiet | 15 | protected area contained by site | 15 |
Brasinski-Luch | Naturschutzgebiet | 12 | protected area contained by site | 12 |
Börnichen | Naturschutzgebiet | 22 | protected area contained by site | 22 |
Birkenwald | Naturschutzgebiet | 65 | protected area contained by site | 65 |
Biosphärenreservat Spreewald | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 47,351 | is identical to site | 47,273 |
Bibersdorfer Wiesen | Naturschutzgebiet | 16 | protected area contained by site | 16 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest | - |
Shrubland | Scrub | - |
Grassland | Humid grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Forestry plantations, Urban parks and gardens, Other urban and industrial areas, Ruderal land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
hunting | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
water management | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Spreewald. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.