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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1990-2000	39 individuals	C6
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	winter	1990-2000	736 individuals	B1i, C3
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida	LC	passage	1990-2000	8 individuals	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	passage	1990-2000	32 individuals	C6
Milvus migrans	NR	breeding	1990-2000	6 breeding pairs	C6

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.

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Winkel	Naturschutzgebiet	145	unknown	0
Vogelfreistätte Feldheimer Stausee	Naturschutzgebiet	100	protected area contained by site	100
Schutz von Landschaftsteilen in der Stadt Donauwörth und in den Gemeinden Altisheim, Graisbach, Marxheim und Schäfstall	Landscape Protection Area	974	protected area overlaps with site	67
Schutz von Landschaftsteilen in der Stadt Donauwörth und in den Gemeinden Altisheim, Graisbach, Marxheim und Schäfstall	Landschaftschutzgebiet	974	protected area overlaps with site	0
Schutz des Donautales westlich von Neuburg im Gebiet der Stadt Neuburg sowie der Märkte Burgheim und Rennertshofen und der Gemeinde Oberhausen, Landkreis Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2,440	protected area overlaps with site	0
Schutz des Donautales westlich von Neuburg im Gebiet der Stadt Neuburg sowie der Märkte Burgheim und Rennertshofen und	Landscape Protection Area	2,439	protected area overlaps with site	885
LSG innerhalb des Naturparks Altmühltal (ehemals Schutzzone)	Landscape Protection Area	163,307	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Lech-Donau-Winkel	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4,014	protected area overlaps with site	239
Finkenstein	Naturschutzgebiet	7	protected area overlaps with site	3
Donauauen zwischen Lechmündung und Ingolstadt	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6,995	protected area contains site	2,090
Donauauen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8,085	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Donaualtwasser Schnödhof	Naturschutzgebiet	82	protected area contained by site	80
Donaualtwasser bei Leitheim	Naturschutzgebiet	58	protected area overlaps with site	31
Donau mit Jura-Hängen zwischen Leitheim und Neuburg	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3,278	protected area contains site	2,032
Altmühltal	Nature Park	296,617	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
forestry	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lech-Donau-Winkel: Lechstausee Feldheim and Donaustausee Bertoldsheim. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/01/2022.