DE101
Dümmer


Country/territory: Germany

IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here

Area: 4,992 ha

NABU Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union

Site description (2000 baseline)
A large, shallow, eutrophic lake (1,300 ha), surrounded by pasture and bog.

Key biodiversity
The site regularly holds more than 20,000 wintering wildfowl. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Crex crex (6 breeding pairs).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dümmer. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dümmer-iba-germany on 19/03/2024.