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.