Data Zone
Country/territory: Netherlands
IBA Criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C3, C4, C6 (2016)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 9,018 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2017 | not assessed | unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
An area of shallow lakes and canals (former peat-workings) with fens, reedbeds, swampy woodland and wet meadows, located to the north of the city of Zwolle. The IBA is adjacent to De Weerribben (064), with which it formed a single site (`De Wieden and De Weerribben', the former site NL027) in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989). Human activities include water-sports, tourism and reed-harvesting (`Other' land-use, below).
Key biodiversity
A roost for geese Anser from surrounding feeding areas, but no counts are available.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: De Wieden. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 23/01/2021.
