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Country/territory: Germany

IBA Criteria met: A4i, B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C6 (2002)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here

Area: 2,080 ha

Protection status:

NABU Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union

Site description
A delta area.

Key biodiversity
This is an important area for breeding waders. The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage, on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Crex crex (breeding).

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ems valley between Leer and Emden. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/08/2019.