DE111
Land Wursten


Country/territory: Germany

IBA criteria met: A4iii, C4 (2002)
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Area: 7,413 ha

NABU Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union

Site description (2000 baseline)
The site consists of an area of mainly arable land and a small area of grassland on the border of the Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer National Park.

Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 waterbirds on passage on a regular basis, including 12,820 Vanellus vanellus and 4,235 Larus canus.


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