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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2001	3-6 breeding pairs	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1997	2 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1997	1 breeding pairs	C6

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
-	Rheinauen Bingen Erbach	Nature Reserve	13
1938	Rüdesheimer Aue	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1980	LSG-Allgemeine Landschaftsschutzgebiete	Landschaftschutzgebiet	22
1980	LSG-Feuchtwiesen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
1980	NSG Altes Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1980	NSG Grosses Torfmoor	Naturschutzgebiet	14
1980	NSG Freimoor	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1980	Feuchtwiesen	Landscape Protection Area	3
1987	Altes Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1988	NSG Bastauwiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	50
1988	NSG Neuenbaumer Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1994	Mariannenaue	Naturschutzgebiet	5
1999	Großes Torfmoor; Altes Moor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
2003	Vogelschutzgebiet 'Bastauniederung'	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	70

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	80
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	10
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs	6

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bastau lowlands (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bastau-lowlands-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.