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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
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1995	1 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1988	800 individuals	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1988	2 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1988	1 breeding pairs	C6
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	passage	1988	150 individuals	C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	resident	1996	6 breeding pairs	C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	breeding	1988	1 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1988	1 breeding pairs	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	1988	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	resident	1996	9 breeding pairs	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	resident	1988	2 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
1938	NSG Zwillbrocker Venn	Naturschutzgebiet	4
1939	NSG Witte Venn	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1959	NSG Luentener Fischteiche	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1975	Eilermark, Eper Venn, Graeser Venn	Landscape Protection Area	3
1979	NSG Amtsvenn - Huendfelder Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	17
1985	LSG-Zwillbrock	Landschaftschutzgebiet	4
1985	NSG Ellewicker Feld	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1985	Zwillbrock	Landscape Protection Area	4
1988	NSG Eper-Graeser Venn	Naturschutzgebiet	6
1988	NSG Goor-Witte Venn	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	NSG Luentener Wald	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1990	NSG Bennekampshaar	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1990	NSG Ammeloer Venn	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1992	LSG-Luentener Feld, Ammeloer Venn	Landschaftschutzgebiet	15
1992	LSG-Alstaette - Gerwinghook	Landschaftschutzgebiet	5
1992	LSG-Talaue der Alstaetter Aa	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1
1992	Huendfelder Moor, Brook	Landscape Protection Area	9
1992	Alstaette-Amtsvenn	Landscape Protection Area	4
1992	Talaue der Alstaetter Aa	Landscape Protection Area	1
1992	Alstaette - Gerwinghook	Landscape Protection Area	4
1992	Luentener Feld, Ammeloer Venn	Landscape Protection Area	16
1999	Amtsvenn u. Hündfelder Moor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17
1999	Lüntener Fischteich u. Ammeloer Venn	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1999	Zwillbrocker Venn u. Ellewicker Feld	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1999	Eper-Graeser Venn/ Lasterfeld	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1999	Graeser Venn - Gut Moorhof	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1999	Witte Venn; Krosewicker Grenzwald	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Vogelschutzgebiet 'Moore und Heiden des westlichen Münsterlandes'	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	40

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	70
Grassland	Humid grasslands	20
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	10
Shrubland	Heathland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	30
tourism/recreation	30
agriculture	20
forestry	10
hunting	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bogs and heathlands of the Westmünsterland (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bogs-and-heathlands-of-the-westmünsterland-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.