Data Zone
Country/territory: Netherlands
IBA Criteria met: B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C6 (2000)
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Area: 1,832 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2017 | very high | very unfavourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A stagnant shallow freshwater lake with reedbeds and wet meadows, which was cut off from the Oosterschelde (028) in 1983. It is adjacent to the Zoommeer (029) in the north-west, with the city of Bergen op Zoom at the north-eastern border, and the Schelde-Rhine river connection at the west side. This site, together with sites 028 and 029, formed part of a single, larger site (former site NL050) in the previous pan-European IBA inventory (Grimmett and Jones 1989).
Key biodiversity
The site is a roost for geese Anser from surrounding feeding areas, but no counts are available.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Markiezaat. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 29/01/2020.
