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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
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1997	400 individuals	B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	passage	1997	1,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Wesseker See	Naturschutzgebiet	241	protected area contained by site	246

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-
other	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wesseker See. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/11/2022.