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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
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	non-breeding	1997	4,500 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	passage	1997	3,300 individuals	B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	passage	1997	1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3

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)
Strandseen der Hohwachter Bucht	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,319	protected area overlaps with site	282
Sehlendorfer Binnensee und Umgebung	Naturschutzgebiet	229	protected area overlaps with site	67
Ostseeküste auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinden Behrensdorf und Hohwacht, des Großen Binnensees, des Unterlaufs der Kossau und Umgebung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1,391	protected area overlaps with site	374
Östliche Kieler Bucht	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	74,690	protected area overlaps with site	385
NSG Kossautal	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	106	protected area overlaps with site	3
Meeresgebiet der östlichen Kieler Bucht	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	61,830	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Küstenlandschaft Bottsand - Marzkamp u. vorgelagerte Flachgründe	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	5,483	protected area overlaps with site	0
Küsten- und Moränenlandschaft auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinden Hohwacht und Blekendorf bis an die Grenze zum Kreis Ostholstein	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1,278	protected area overlaps with site	25
Kronswarder und südöstlicher Teil des Großen Binnensees	Naturschutzgebiet	151	protected area overlaps with site	44
Kossautal und angrenzende Flächen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	213	protected area overlaps with site	32
Kossautal	Naturschutzgebiet	98	protected area overlaps with site	3
Kleiner Binnensee und angrenzende Salzwiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	255	protected area overlaps with site	106
Grosser and Kleiner Binnensee	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	78,260	protected area overlaps with site	407
Endmoränengebiet mit Hessenstein zwischen Lütjenburg und Hohenfelde und Umgebung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3,754	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Standing brackish and salt water	-
Coastline	Salt marshes	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Grosser and Kleiner Binnensee. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/08/2022.