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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	passage	1996	2 individuals	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1990-1999	15 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1996	1-3 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	passage	1996	2-10 individuals	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1980-1989	3 breeding pairs	C6
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	passage	1996	20-50 individuals	C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	passage	1996	1 individuals	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	breeding	1980-1989	1 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	passage	1996	45 individuals	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1990-1999	2 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	1996	2-4 breeding pairs	C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	passage	1996	3 individuals	C6

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Südliche Düpenwiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	73	protected area overlaps with site	70
Ilkerbruch	Naturschutzgebiet	124	protected area overlaps with site	125
Düpenwiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	120	protected area contained by site	119
Barnbruch	Naturschutzgebiet	1,309	protected area overlaps with site	839
Barnbruch	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,112	protected area contained by site	1,995
Allertal zwischen Gifhorn und Wolfsburg	Naturschutzgebiet	892	protected area overlaps with site	0
Allertal - Barnbruch und angrenzende Landschaftsteile	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2,386	protected area overlaps with site	468
Allertal - Barnbruch	Landschaftschutzgebiet	64	protected area contained by site	150
Aller (mit Barnbruch); untere Leine, untere Oker	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	18,031	protected area overlaps with site	1,895

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Native coniferous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
other	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Barnbruch. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/07/2022.