BirdLife Data Zone

DE002

Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park

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IBA Criteria

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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage	1997	133,216 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	winter	1997	3,948 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1997	101,716 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1997	25,667 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	1997	150,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	passage	1997	215,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter	1997	46,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	1997	74,877 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	passage	1997	200,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1997	1,768 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	1997	848 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	winter	1997	85,597 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	passage	1997	137,737 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	1997	66,138 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	passage	1997	104,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Anas crecca	NR	passage	1997	19,467 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Anas crecca	NR	winter	1997	4,950 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1997	1,605 individuals	B1i, C3
Haematopus ostralegus	NR	winter	1997	139,344 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Haematopus ostralegus	NR	passage	1997	176,686 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Haematopus ostralegus	NR	resident	1997	6,400 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	passage	1997	8,464 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1997	2,380 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3, C2
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	passage	1997	4,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	winter	1997	7,022 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1997	69,703 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	LC	passage	1997	9,653 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	breeding	1997	270 breeding pairs	B2
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	passage	1997	1,040 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	1997	44,405 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	passage	1997	52,445 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	1997	146,050 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	winter	1997	14,024 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	passage	1997	2,932 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	winter	1997	789 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	winter	1997	25,256 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	passage	1997	471,208 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	NT	passage	1997	19,425 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	passage	1997	27,504 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	passage	1997	471,208 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	winter	1997	78,040 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	passage	1997	9,853 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	LC	passage	1997	7,363 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	passage	1997	13,610 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	resident	1997	1,600 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	winter	1997	4,231 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	LC	passage	1997	71,198 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	passage	1997	38,861 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	resident	1997	830 breeding pairs	B3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage	1997	2,354 individuals	B1i, C3
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	passage	1997	56,145 individuals	A4i, B1i
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	resident	1997	5,000 breeding pairs	B1i
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	winter	1997	30,891 individuals	A4i, B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1997	230 breeding pairs	B1i, B2, C2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	1997	750 individuals	B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	1997	7,482 individuals	B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1997	2,800 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C2
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1997	3,800 breeding pairs	C2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1997	10 breeding pairs	B2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage	1997	15,364 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1997	6,850 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	resident	1997	3 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	20,000 individuals	A4iii

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

IBA Protection

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Waddensea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	443,100	protected area contains site	278,000
Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	454,988	protected area contains site	278,000
Schlesw.-Holst. Wattenmeer	Nationalpark	441,500	protected area contains site	278,000

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	-
Sea	Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Coastline	Tidal rivers & enclosed tidal waters, Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-
hunting	-
military	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 22/01/2021.