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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	1996	27 individuals	C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1995	110 individuals	C2
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1990-1999	11,448 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	1990-1999	4,539 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1993-1997	min 20,000 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.

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

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Wiesenbatterie Schillig	Naturschutzgebiet	5	protected area contained by site	7
Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	121,620	protected area overlaps with site	0
Wangerland - binnendeichs	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1,911	protected area contained by site	0
Wangerland	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,928	protected area contained by site	1,787
Waddensea of Lower Saxony	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	240,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Teichfledermaus-Habitate im Raum Wilhelmshaven	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	309	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wittmund-Wangerland. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/03/2021.