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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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter	1990-1999	15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1990-1999	600 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1990-1999	16,200 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1990-1999	41,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1990-1999	40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	1990-1999	100,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter	1990-1999	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	winter	1990-1999	3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1990-1999	10,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1990-1999	10,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter	1990-1999	30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	breeding	1991-1999	87 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	winter	1990-1999	50,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,500 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	winter	1990-1999	11,200 individuals	B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter	1990-1999	300 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1990-1999	40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1994	27 breeding pairs	C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1990-1999	15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1990-1999	173 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,500-2,330 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	winter	1990-1999	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	1990-1999	20,000-30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	1990-1999	1,100 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	breeding	1990-1999	28 breeding pairs	C6
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	passage	1990-1999	30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	non-breeding	1990-1999	800 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	6 breeding pairs	C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1990-1999	103 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	non-breeding	1990-1999	400 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1990-1999	400-1,400 breeding pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1,000 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	3 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1987	5 breeding pairs	C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	winter	1990-1999	10-50 individuals	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1990-1999	14 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter	1990-1999	50-70 individuals	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	winter	1990-1999	10-20 individuals	C6
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia	LC	breeding	1990-1999	3,200 breeding pairs	B2
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1991-1999	100 breeding pairs	C6
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1990-1999	40,000 individuals	A4iv, B1iv, C5
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-1999	425,800-436,630 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1990-1999	31,100 individuals	A4iii, C4

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

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Coast and lagoons of Western Pomerania	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	39
1937	Dornbusch und Schwedenhagener Ufer	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1961	Ahrenshooper Holz	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1967	Dünenheide auf der Insel Hiddensee	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1978	Ostseeboddengewässer Westrügen-Hiddensee-Zingst	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	13
1990	Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft	Nationalpark	39
1994	Nordufer Wittow mit Hohen Dielen	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1996	Boddenlandschaft	Landschaftschutzgebiet	9
1996	Barthe	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1997	Vorpommersche Boddenküste	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
2003	Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft und nördlicher Strelasund	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	60
2003	Plantagenetgrund	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9
2003	Binnenbodden von Rügen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2004	Recknitz-Ästuar und Halbinsel Zingst	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14
2004	Westrügensche Boddenlandschaft mit Hiddensee	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2004	Steilküste und Blockgründe Wittow	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Ahrenshooper Holz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Kleingewässerlandschaft bei Groß Kordshagen (Nordvorpommern)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Darß	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2005	Vorpommersche Boddenlandshaft National Park (West-Pommeranian Lagoon National Park)	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	39
2006	Nordwestufer Wittow und Kreptitzer Heide	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
2007	Plantagenetgrund	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
2007	Darßer Schwelle	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2007	Erweiterung Libben; Steilküste und Blockgründe Wittow und Arkona	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2009	West-Rügen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	5
2010	Insel Hiddensee	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coast and lagoons of Western Pomerania (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coast-and-lagoons-of-western-pomerania-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.