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The site was identified as important in 2002 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1995	870 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	1995	600 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1995	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1995	15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca	NT	breeding	1995	2 breeding pairs	C6
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1997	2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997	2-6 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1995	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1995	20-25 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1995	2-6 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1997	4,000 individuals	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	passage	1995	300 individuals	C6
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	passage	1995	40 individuals	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	2001	5 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2001	6 breeding pairs	C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	resident	-	1 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	2001	1 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding	2001	5-7 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1995-1997	26,940 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Flusslandschaft Elbe	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
1990	Aland-Elbe-Niederung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	88
1990	Eibaue Beuster-Wahrenberg	Nature Reserve	49
1990	Garbe-Alandniederung	Nature Reserve	46
2000	Elbaue Beuster-Wahrenberg	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	41
2000	Aland-Elbe-Niederung nördlich Seehausen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	43
2001	Aland-Elbe-Niederung	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2003	Aland-Elbe-Niederung und Elbaue Jerichow	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
2009	Aland-Elbe-Niederung	Naturschutzgebiet	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Ruderal land	-
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aland-Elbe lowlands (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aland-elbe-lowlands-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.