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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	1990-1999	200 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	3,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	13 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1990-1999	1,000 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	6 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1990-1999	17 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1990-1999	200 breeding pairs	C6
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1990-1999	15 breeding pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1990-1999	3 breeding pairs	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1990-1999	110 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)
Niedersächsische Mittelelbe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	34,010	protected area overlaps with site	435
Lucie	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8,229	protected area overlaps with site	6,184
Langendorfer Berg	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2,120	protected area overlaps with site	943
Gewässersystem der Jeetzel mit Quellwäldern	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	583	protected area overlaps with site	44
Flusslandschaft Elbe	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	374,432	protected area overlaps with site	578
Elbufer-Drawehn	Nature Park	115,994	protected area overlaps with site	7,443
Elbeniederung zwischen Schnackenburg und Geesthacht	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	22,654	protected area overlaps with site	414
Die Lucie	Naturschutzgebiet	1,712	protected area contained by site	1,800

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lucie and Landwehr. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.