BirdLife Data Zone

DE136

Spreewald

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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
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	winter	1990-1999	35 individuals	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	2001	2-3 breeding pairs	B2
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1990-1999	5-25 breeding pairs	C6
Picus canus	NR	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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IBA Protection

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Wutschgerogge	Nature Reserve	8	protected area contained by site	8
Wiesenau	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	135	protected area contained by site	135
Wiesenau	Nature Reserve	135	protected area contained by site	135
Wald- und Seengebiet zwischen Schwielochsee, Lieberose und Spreewald	Landscape Protection Area	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	Nature Reserve	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)	3,921	protected area overlaps with site	41,961
Spreewald	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	47,492	protected area contains site	47,344
Spreewald	Landscape Protection Area	28,700	unknown	0
Spree	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,324	protected area overlaps with site	720
Sölla	Nature Reserve	33	protected area contained by site	33
Ribocka	Nature Reserve	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	Nature Reserve	68	protected area contained by site	68
Neu Zaucher Weinberg	Nature Reserve	38	protected area contained by site	38
Meiereisee und Kriegbuschwiesen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	117	protected area contained by site	117
Meiereisee	Nature Reserve	25	protected area contained by site	25
Luchsee	Nature Reserve	113	protected area contained by site	113
Luchsee	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	113	protected area contained by site	113
Lehniksberg	Nature Reserve	13	protected area contained by site	13
Lehniksberg	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13	protected area contained by site	13
Krumme Spree	Landscape Protection Area	1,450	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Köthener See	Landscape Protection Area	17	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Kockot	Nature Reserve	287	protected area contained by site	287
Josinskyluch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	172	protected area contained by site	172
Josinsky-Luch	Nature Reserve	172	protected area contained by site	172
Innerer Unterspreewald	Nature Reserve	2,231	protected area contained by site	2,233
Innerer Oberspreewald	Nature Reserve	5,745	protected area contained by site	5,758
Innerer Oberspreewald	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5,758	protected area contained by site	5,758
Heideseen	Nature Reserve	239	protected area contained by site	239
Heideseen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	239	protected area contained by site	239
Hain Lübben	Nature Reserve	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, Riebocka und Ragower Niederungswiesen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	665	protected area contained by site	665
Ellerborn	Nature Reserve	57	protected area contained by site	57
Dahme-Heideseen	Nature Park	59,115	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Dahme-Heideseen	Landscape Protection Area	56,651	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Byhleguhrer See	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	853	protected area contained by site	853
Byhleguhrer See	Nature Reserve	853	protected area contained by site	853
Bukoitza	Nature Reserve	15	protected area contained by site	15
Brasinski-Luch	Nature Reserve	12	protected area contained by site	12
Börnichen	Nature Reserve	22	protected area contained by site	22
Birkenwald	Nature Reserve	65	protected area contained by site	65
Biosphärenreservat Spreewald	Landscape Protection Area	47,351	protected area overlaps with site	47,273
Bibersdorfer Wiesen	Nature Reserve	16	protected area contained by site	16

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
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	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Spreewald. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/01/2020.