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 |
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Common Scoter Melanitta nigra | LC | winter | 1993 | 190,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena | LC | passage | 1998 | 1,850 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica | LC | winter | 1980-1993 | 24,000 individuals | A4i, B1i |
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis | LC | breeding | 1999 | 102 breeding pairs | A4i |
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus | LC | breeding | 1998 | 92 breeding pairs | A4i |
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus | LC | passage | 1998 | 2,900 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Mew Gull Larus canus | LC | winter | 1993 | 21,500 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | passage | 1980-1993 | 6,700 individuals | A4i, B1i |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1989-1993 | 235,500 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter | 1989-1993 | 235,500 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) |
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Waddensea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein | UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve | 443,100 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
The Wadden Sea | World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) | 1,143,403 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Sylter Außenriff | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 531,429 | protected area overlaps with site | 408,503 |
Sylt.Aussenr.-Oestl.Dt.Bucht | Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) | 559,600 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Steingrund | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 17,450 | protected area contained by site | 17,450 |
SPA Östliche Deutsche Bucht | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 313,513 | protected area contained by site | 313,513 |
Seevogelschutzgebiet Helgoland | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 161,333 | protected area contained by site | 161,333 |
Schlesw.-Holst. Wattenmeer | Nationalpark | 441,500 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
S-H Wadden sea National Park | Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) | 441,000 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
S-H Seabird Protection Area | Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) | 161,000 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Ramsar-Gebiet S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 463,907 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Östliche Deutsche Bucht | Naturschutzgebiet | 313,514 | protected area overlaps with site | 423,360 |
NTP S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 452,101 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Lummenfelsen der Insel Helgoland | Naturschutzgebiet | 1 | protected area overlaps with site | 1 |
Helgoländer Felssockel | Naturschutzgebiet | 5,344 | protected area contained by site | 5,138 |
Helgoland mit Helgoländer Felssockel | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 5,509 | protected area contained by site | 5,509 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern part of German Bight (with Heligoland). Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-part-of-german-bight-(with-heligoland)-iba-germany on 29/11/2023.