Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Bean Goose Anser fabalis | LC | winter | 1989 | 3,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus | LC | winter | - | 20,000-36,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons | LC | winter | - | 15,000-30,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | LC | winter | - | 300-500 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope | LC | winter | - | 10,000-40,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris | LC | passage | - | 15 individuals | C2 |
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria | LC | passage | - | 10,000-15,000 individuals | B1i, C2 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa | NT | breeding | 1995 | 100-120 breeding pairs | B2 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1996 | 10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Bluethroat Cyanecula svecica | LC | breeding | 1993 | 60-80 breeding pairs | C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | - | 50,000-99,999 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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Protection status:
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Uitkerkse Polder | Nature Reserve | 60 | protected area contained by site | 60 |
Uitkerkse Polder | Erkend natuurreservaat | 394 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Stadswallen van Damme | Erkend natuurreservaat | 130 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Sint-Donaaspolder | Erkend natuurreservaat | 11 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Polders | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 1,866 | protected area overlaps with site | 739 |
Poldergraslanden Paddegat-Klemskerke | Vlaams natuurreservaat | 27 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Poldercomplex | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 9,766 | protected area overlaps with site | 9,349 |
openbaar bos West-Vlaanderen | Openbaar bos | 5,789 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Lage Moere van Meetkerke | Vlaams natuurreservaat | 1 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Het Krekengebied van Lapscheure en Hoeke | Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk | 132 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Duingebieden inclusief Ijzermonding en Zwin. | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 3,782 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
DomWVL09208 | Militaire domeinen onder het protocol | 4 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
De Uitkerkse polder | Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk | 524 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
De Poldergebieden tussen Oostende, Jabbeke en De Haan | Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk | 225 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
De Gebieden van de overgang van polders naar zandstreek langs het kanaal Brugge-Oostende | Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk | 306 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
De Fonteintjes en Oudemaarspolder | Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk | 54 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
De Fonteintjes | Erkend natuurreservaat | 19 | protected area overlaps with site | 12 |
De Damse polders | Vlaams Ecologisch Netwerk | 121 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Grassland | - | |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Polderkomplex. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 25/01/2021.