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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Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia | LC | winter | 1990-1999 | 31 individuals | B1i, C6 |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata | NT | winter | 1990-1999 | 8,167 individuals | A4i, B1i, B2, C3 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa | NT | breeding | 1990-1999 | 178 breeding pairs | B2 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1990-1999 | 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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Wattenmeer, Jadebusen & westliche Wesermündung | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 49,490 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Waddensea of Lower Saxony | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 240,000 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Vorwerk Roddens 1 | Landscape Protection Area | 7 | protected area contained by site | 7 |
Sinsum/ Burhave | Naturschutzgebiet | 3 | protected area contained by site | 3 |
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer und angrenzendes Küstenmeer | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 354,882 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer | Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) | 258,800 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 276,956 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Marschen am Jadebusen - Ost | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 4,476 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Marschen am Jadebusen | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 7,712 | protected area overlaps with site | 2,067 |
Jericho/ Langwarden | Naturschutzgebiet | 5 | protected area contained by site | 2 |
Grebswarden | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 4 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Graureiherkolonie bei Ruhwarden | Landscape Protection Area | 1 | protected area contained by site | 1 |
Garten mit Baumbestand | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 1 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Doppelreihe verschiedener Bäume in Ruhwarden | Landscape Protection Area | 1 | protected area contained by site | 1 |
Doppelreihe alter Eschen und anderer Bäume | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 1 | protected area contained by site | 1 |
Butjadinger Marsch | Landschaftschutzgebiet | 5,150 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Butjadingen | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 5,444 | protected area overlaps with site | 5,060 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Grassland | Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Butjadingen. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.