Current view: Data table and detailed info
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
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
LC
breeding
1990-1999
2 breeding pairs
C6
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
LC
winter
1997
50-100 individuals
C2, C6
Bean Goose Anser fabalis
LC
passage
1990-1999
8,000 individuals
A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
LC
passage
1990-1999
8,000 individuals
B1i, C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
LC
resident
1997
6 breeding pairs
C6
Common Crane Grus grus
LC
resident
1997
3-4 breeding pairs
C6
Common Crane Grus grus
LC
passage
1990-1999
6,500 individuals
A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda
VU
breeding
1990-1999
7-9 breeding pairs
C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
LC
passage
1990-1999
45 individuals
C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
LC
resident
1998
20 breeding pairs
C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
LC
resident
1997
1 breeding pairs
C2
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
LC
passage
1997
1,000-1,500 individuals
C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
LC
winter
1997
25 individuals
C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
LC
breeding
2001
3 breeding pairs
C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo
LC
breeding
1995
1 breeding pairs
C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
LC
resident
1998
1-2 breeding pairs
C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
LC
passage
1997
10-20 individuals
C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus
LC
winter
1990-1999
60 individuals
C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
LC
resident
1997
1-2 breeding pairs
C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes
n/a
passage
1999
6,500 individuals
B1iv, C5
A4iii Species group - waterbirds
n/a
passage
1991-1999
23,545-24,045 individuals
A4iii, C4
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vogelschutzgebiet Fiener Bruch
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3,667
protected area contained by site
3,667
Fiener Bruch
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6,338
protected area overlaps with site
4,168
Fiener Bruch
Naturschutzgebiet
145
protected area contained by site
145
Fiener Bruch
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
159
protected area overlaps with site
146
Buckau und Nebenfließe Ergänzung
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
137
protected area overlaps with site
33
Buckau und Nebenfließe
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
938
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Grassland
Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands
-
Wetlands (inland)
Fens, transition mires and springs
-
Artificial/Terrestrial
Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Ruderal land
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
nature conservation and research
-
tourism/recreation
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fiener Bruch. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fiener-bruch-iba-germany on 04/12/2023.