The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Mute Swan Cygnus olor |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
12,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
3,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6 |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
3,500 individuals |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
2,000 individuals |
B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
8,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
130,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis |
VU |
winter |
1985-1995 |
80,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
18,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
2,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Goosander Mergus merganser |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
15,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Pochard Aythya ferina |
VU |
winter |
1985-1995 |
12,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
30,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
70,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, B2, C3 |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
6,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Gadwall Mareca strepera |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
8,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
30,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
70,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
10,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
14,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
300 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
4,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus |
VU |
winter |
1985-1995 |
100 individuals |
B1i, C2, C6 |
Common Coot Fulica atra |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
30,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
passage |
1985-1995 |
2,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
350 individuals |
C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding |
1990-1999 |
10 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
10,000-20,000 individuals |
C6 |
Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
breeding |
1987 |
12 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
600 individuals |
C6 |
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
LC |
winter |
1990-1999 |
1,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus |
LC |
breeding |
1985-1995 |
3 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding |
1985-1995 |
8 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
300 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
winter |
1990-1999 |
2,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding |
1990-1999 |
120-150 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis |
LC |
breeding |
1985-1996 |
30-31 breeding pairs |
C6 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
winter |
1985-1995 |
50 individuals |
C6 |
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
breeding |
1990-1999 |
9 breeding pairs |
A1, B2, C1 |
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus |
LC |
breeding |
1990-1999 |
1 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola |
VU |
breeding |
1990-1999 |
8 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia |
LC |
breeding |
1990-1999 |
2,500 breeding pairs |
B2 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter |
1985-1995 |
602,150-612,150 individuals |
A4iii, C4 |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2002).
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Wreechener See
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
84 |
protected area overlaps with site |
68 |
Westliche Pommersche Bucht
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
97,945 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Vogelhaken Glewitz
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
85 |
protected area contained by site |
89 |
Südwest-Rügen-Zudar
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
11,439 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Schoritzer Wiek
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
437 |
protected area contained by site |
464 |
Rügen
|
UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve |
23,500 |
protected area overlaps with site |
4,423 |
Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil B
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
268 |
protected area contained by site |
300 |
Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil A
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
7,544 |
protected area overlaps with site |
3,109 |
Neuensiener und Selliner See: Westufer des Selliner Sees
|
Nature Reserve |
213 |
protected area overlaps with site |
196 |
Neuensiener und Selliner See
|
Nature Reserve |
234 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Neuensiener und Selliner See
|
Nature Reserve |
234 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Moore zwischen Greifswald und Miltzow
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
245 |
protected area overlaps with site |
48 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,317 |
protected area overlaps with site |
2,093 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,340 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,340 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,340 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,340 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,340 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,340 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,340 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Mönchgut
|
Nature Reserve |
2,340 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Mittlerer Strelasund (Rügen)
|
Landscape Protection Area |
892 |
protected area overlaps with site |
460 |
Mittlerer Strelasund (Hansestadt Stralsund)
|
Landscape Protection Area |
487 |
protected area contained by site |
1,900 |
Mittlerer Strelasund
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
1,379 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Lanken
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
57 |
protected area contained by site |
63 |
Ladebower Moor
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
133 |
protected area contained by site |
131 |
Küstenlandschaft Südostrügen
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
2,422 |
protected area overlaps with site |
2,186 |
Kormorankolonie bei Niederhof
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
25 |
protected area contained by site |
27 |
Kleingewässerlandschaft bei Dömitzow
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
886 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Kieshofer Moor
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
27 |
protected area overlaps with site |
29 |
Insel Vilm
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
175 |
protected area contained by site |
171 |
Insel Usedom mit Festlandgürtel
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
36,321 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
862 |
Insel Usedom
|
Nature Park |
72,000 |
protected area overlaps with site |
3,272 |
Insel Koos, Kooser See und Wampener Riff
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
1,560 |
protected area contained by site |
1,568 |
Halbinsel Fahrenbrink
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
30 |
protected area contained by site |
36 |
Halbinsel Devin
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
106 |
protected area contained by site |
106 |
Greifswalder Oie
|
Naturschutzgebiet |
250 |
protected area overlaps with site |
36 |
Greifswalder Oie
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
218 |
protected area overlaps with site |
36 |
Greifswalder Boddenrandschwelle und Teile der Pommerschen Bucht
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
39,872 |
protected area overlaps with site |
11,623 |
Greifswalder Bodden; Teile des Strelasundes und Nordspitze Usedom
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
60,406 |
protected area overlaps with site |
59,970 |
Greifswalder Bodden und südlicher Strelasund
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
87,362 |
protected area overlaps with site |
87,468 |
Greifswalder Bodden
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
56,257 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Goor-Muglitz
|
Nature Reserve |
157 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Goor-Muglitz
|
Nature Reserve |
157 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Goor - Muglitz: Muglitzer Boddenufer
|
Nature Reserve |
142 |
protected area overlaps with site |
53 |
Boddenküste am Strelasund
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
3,429 |
protected area contained by site |
3,432 |
Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet |
22,836 |
protected area overlaps with site |
14,302 |
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