Aspelt - Lannebur, am Kessel (Luxembourg)

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Aspelt - Lannebur, am Kessel

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	2000-2009	300-1,200 individuals	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	very unfavourable	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	400	150	individuals	38	very unfavourable
Common Crane Grus grus	1,200	300	individuals	25	very unfavourable
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	9	3	breeding pairs	34	very unfavourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Biological resource use	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1981	Aspelt-Lannebur	Humid Zone	99
2002	Aspelt - Lannebur, Am Kessel	Zones protégées d'intérêt communautaire - Zones Oiseaux ZPS	37
2004	Aspelt - Lannebur; Am Kessel	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	86
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	6
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	4
Shrubland	Scrub	3
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved deciduous woodland	1

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
rangeland/pastureland	86
agriculture	4
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Aspelt - Lannebur, am Kessel (Luxembourg). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/aspelt--lannebur-am-kessel-iba-luxembourg on 23/11/2024.