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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	1990-1999	109 individuals	C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1990-1999	13 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	6,200 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	11 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1990-1999	4,850 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	non-breeding	1996	36 individuals	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1990-1999	16 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1990-1999	146 breeding pairs	C6
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1990-1999	14 breeding pairs	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1990-1999	29 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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Schnegaer Mühlenbachtal	Naturschutzgebiet	477	protected area overlaps with site	0
Salzfloragebiet bei Schreyahn	Naturschutzgebiet	24	protected area overlaps with site	23
Planken und Schletauer Post	Naturschutzgebiet	535	protected area contained by site	524
Obere Dummeniederung	Naturschutzgebiet	649	protected area overlaps with site	620
Luckauer Holz	Naturschutzgebiet	122	protected area contained by site	124
Lüchower Landgrabenniederung	Naturschutzgebiet	532	protected area contained by site	530
Landgraben-Dumme-Niederung nördlich Salzwedel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,903	protected area overlaps with site	440
Landgraben-Dumme-Niederung	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,577	protected area overlaps with site	262
Landgraben- und Dummeniederung	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,970	protected area contained by site	3,654
Landgraben- und Dummeniederung	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,931	protected area overlaps with site	3,738
Jagen 21 im Gartower Forst	Landschaftschutzgebiet	22	protected area contained by site	23
Gewässersystem der Jeetzel mit Quellwäldern	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	583	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Gain - Mühlenbach - obere Dummeniederung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	634	protected area overlaps with site	230
Gain	Naturschutzgebiet	214	protected area contained by site	215
Elbufer-Drawehn	Nature Park	115,994	protected area overlaps with site	6,876
Elbhöhen-Drawehn	Landschaftschutzgebiet	37,066	protected area overlaps with site	240
Drawehn	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,018	protected area overlaps with site	0
Blütlinger Holz	Naturschutzgebiet	304	protected area overlaps with site	308
Arendsee	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2,918	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Landgraben and Dumme lowlands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/03/2023.