Data Zone
Country/territory: Netherlands
IBA Criteria met: A4iii, B3, C4, C6 (2016)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 2,233 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2018 | high | not assessed | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A polder complex comprising pools, ditches, marshland, wet meadows, improved grassland and a recreational area (Twiske). The IBA is located to the north of the city of Amsterdam, adjacent to Oostzanerveld (072). This site, together with sites 068, 070 and 072, formed part of a single, larger site (former site NL038) in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ilperveld, Varkensland, Oostzanerveld & Twiske . Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/01/2021.
