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 | 1993 | 11 individuals | C6 |
Common Crane Grus grus | LC | passage | 1996 | 250 individuals | C6 |
Black Stork Ciconia nigra | LC | passage | 1993 | 2 individuals | C6 |
White Stork Ciconia ciconia | LC | passage | 1998 | 2 individuals | C6 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris | LC | passage | 1996 | 1-3 individuals | C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | passage | 1996 | 1 individuals | C6 |
Ruff Calidris pugnax | LC | passage | 1993 | 96 individuals | C6 |
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | LC | passage | 1993 | 33 individuals | C6 |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger | LC | passage | 1998 | 65 individuals | C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | LC | passage | 1995 | 1 individuals | C6 |
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo | LC | non-breeding | 1993 | 1 individuals | C6 |
Osprey Pandion haliaetus | LC | passage | 1993 | 6 individuals | C6 |
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus | LC | passage | 1993 | 30 individuals | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | resident | 1994 | 5 breeding pairs | C6 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus | LC | passage | 1994 | 1 individuals | C6 |
Red Kite Milvus milvus | LC | non-breeding | 1993 | 4 individuals | C6 |
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | LC | winter | 1998 | 1 individuals | C6 |
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia | LC | breeding | 1992 | 8,548 breeding pairs | B2 |
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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VSG 'Rietberger Emsniederung mit Steinhorster Becken' | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 928 | protected area overlaps with site | 866 |
Stein | Naturschutzgebiet | 6 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Rietberger Emsniederung |
Nature Reserve | 11 | protected area contained by site | 11 |
Rietberger Emsniederung |
Nature Reserve | 420 | protected area contained by site | 420 |
NSG Steinhorster Becken | Naturschutzgebiet | 83 | protected area contained by site | 83 |
NSG Rietberger Fischteiche | Naturschutzgebiet | 50 | protected area contained by site | 51 |
NSG Rietberger Emsniederung |
Naturschutzgebiet | 15 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
NSG Rietberger Emsniederung |
Naturschutzgebiet | 432 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Guetersloh | Landscape Protection Area | 55,212 | protected area overlaps with site | 336 |
Ems, Furlbach | Landscape Protection Area | 662 | protected area overlaps with site | 335 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | - | |
Grassland | Humid grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|
agriculture | - |
other | - |
water management | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Emsaue (Rietberger Emsniederung - Steinhorster Becken). Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.