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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Westerwald	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	28,948	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Weier- und Winterbach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	222	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Waldaubacher Hecke bei Rabenscheid	Naturschutzgebiet	16	protected area contained by site	16
Vogelschutzgebiet Wälder und Wiesen bei Burbach und Neunkirchen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,655	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Viehweide am Barstein	Naturschutzgebiet	20	protected area contained by site	20
Ulmbachtal und Wiesen in den Hainerlen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	145	protected area overlaps with site	82
Rückerscheid mit Aubachtal	Naturschutzgebiet	78	protected area contained by site	78
Rehbachtal zwischen Driedorf und Merkenbach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	110	protected area overlaps with site	27
Rabenscheider Holz	Naturschutzgebiet	57	protected area overlaps with site	53
NSG Weier- und Winterbach	Naturschutzgebiet	160	protected area is adjacent to site	2
Mühlbachtal bei Gusternhain	Naturschutzgebiet	42	protected area contained by site	42
LSG-Burbach	Landschaftschutzgebiet	5,675	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Lahn-Dill-Bergland	Nature Park	87,405	protected area overlaps with site	565
Krombachtalsperre	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1,853	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Kreuzberg und Kahlenbergskopf bei Obershausen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,098	protected area overlaps with site	74
Kallenbachtal zwischen Arborn und Obershausen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	174	protected area overlaps with site	151
Kallenbachtal bei Arborn und Nenderoth	Naturschutzgebiet	70	protected area overlaps with site	46
Hoher Westerwald	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,611	protected area overlaps with site	5,944
Hoher Westerwald	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,965	protected area overlaps with site	1,762
Hickengrund	Landscape Protection Area	261	protected area overlaps with site	13
Heidenkopf und Knoten nördlich Mengerskirchen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	118	protected area overlaps with site	69
Grünland und Höhlen bei Erdbach und Medenbach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	307	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Fuchskaute	Naturschutzgebiet	40	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Feuerheck bei Waldaubach	Naturschutzgebiet	24	protected area contained by site	24
Feuchtgebiete und Heiden des Hohen Westerwaldes	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,780	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Erdbacher Höhlen	Naturschutzgebiet	49	protected area overlaps with site	6
Dill bis Herborn-Burg mit Zuflüssen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	94	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Die Heck bei Hohenroth	Naturschutzgebiet	20	protected area contained by site	20
Bermershube bei Heisterberg	Naturschutzgebiet	45	protected area contained by site	45
Aubachtal bei Rabenscheid	Naturschutzgebiet	63	protected area overlaps with site	47

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves, Ruderal land	-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: High Westerwald around Driedorf. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/3519 on 01/06/2023.