Data Zone
Country/territory: Netherlands
IBA Criteria met: B1i, B3, C2, C3, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 1,053 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2017 | not assessed | favourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A stagnant freshwater lake to the west and east of the Schelde-Rhine river connection (shipping lane), which developed after the building of the Oesterdam at the eastern end of the Oosterschelde (028) in 1986. In the south-east the site is adjacent to Lake Markiezaat (030). This site, together with sites 028 and 030, 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 (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Zoommeer. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 13/12/2019.
