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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Little Owl Athene noctua	LC	resident	1996	50-80 breeding pairs	B2

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Niers valley	Nature Reserve	986	unknown	0
Niers valley	Nature Park	0	unknown	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Ruderal land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Niers valley. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/01/2021.