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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2001	3-6 breeding pairs	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1997	2 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1997	1 breeding pairs	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)
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Bastauniederung'	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,501	protected area contained by site	2,505
Rüdesheimer Aue	Naturschutzgebiet	29	protected area overlaps with site	29
Rheinauen Bingen Erbach	Nature Reserve	475	protected area contained by site	475
NSG Neuenbaumer Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	114	protected area contained by site	115
NSG Grosses Torfmoor	Naturschutzgebiet	515	protected area contained by site	515
NSG Freimoor	Naturschutzgebiet	2	protected area contained by site	2
NSG Bastauwiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	1,806	protected area contained by site	1,802
NSG Altes Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	61	protected area contained by site	0
Mariannenaue	Naturschutzgebiet	196	protected area overlaps with site	196
LSG-Feuchtwiesen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	231	protected area overlaps with site	0
LSG-Allgemeine Landschaftsschutzgebiete	Landschaftschutzgebiet	4,681	protected area overlaps with site	782
Großes Torfmoor; Altes Moor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	605	protected area contained by site	606
Feuchtwiesen	Landscape Protection Area	231	protected area overlaps with site	123
Altes Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	34	protected area overlaps with site	61

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bastau lowlands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 05/02/2023.