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Butjadingen


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Current IUCN Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
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

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
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

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Grassland Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands -
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
agriculture -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Butjadingen. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/butjadingen-iba-germany on 04/12/2023.