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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Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis | LC | winter | 1900-1999 | 14,520 individuals | A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
Bean Goose Anser fabalis | LC | passage | 1990 | 2,110 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | LC | winter | 1990-1999 | 7,555 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana | LC | breeding | 2001 | min 32 breeding pairs | B3 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris | LC | breeding | 1990 | 1 breeding pairs | C2 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | breeding | 1990-1999 | 632 breeding pairs | B3, C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | winter | 1990-1999 | 1,053 individuals | B1i, B2, C2 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa | NT | breeding | 1990-1999 | 234 breeding pairs | B2 |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus | LC | resident | 1990-1999 | 266 breeding pairs | B2 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1960-1999 | 23,128 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
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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Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 121,620 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Waddensea of Lower Saxony | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 240,000 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Unterems und Außenems | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 7,377 | protected area overlaps with site | 1,749 |
Rheiderland | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 8,685 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Petkumer Deichvorland | Naturschutzgebiet | 170 | protected area overlaps with site | 157 |
Nendorper Deichvorland | Naturschutzgebiet | 115 | protected area contained by site | 117 |
Emsmarsch von Leer bis Emden | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 4,019 | protected area overlaps with site | 722 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Wetlands (inland) | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ems valley between Leer and Emden. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 29/06/2022.