Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld (Netherlands) IBA | Details

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Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2016 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding (2011–2015)	8–10 pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding (2011–2015)	22–27 pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding (2011–2015)	36–46 pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding (2011–2015)	143–150 pairs	C6

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	moderate	not assessed	medium
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	8 / 8 (pairs)	100	good
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	22 / 30 (pairs)	74	moderate
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	36 / 20 (pairs)	100	good
Woodlark Lullula arborea	143 / 110 (pairs)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Not assessed	medium

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Doldersummer Veld	Nature Reserve with Management Subsidy (-)	6
-	Vledderhof	Nature Reserve with Management Subsidy (-)	2
-	Boswachterij Appelscha	Nature Reserve (-)	28
-	Boswachterij Smilde	Nature Reserve (-)	37
-	Kern Boswachterij Vledderveld	Nature Reserve (-)	2
-	Bouwersveld	Nature Reserve with Management Subsidy (-)	1
1956	Berkenheuvel	Nature Conservation Law (IV)	15
1996	Drents-Friese Woud	National Park (-)	93
1999	Drents-Friese Wold	Nationaal Park (II)	82
2010	Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld	Natuurbeschermingswet (IV)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	90	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes; Forestry plantations
Shrubland	10	Heathland

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
hunting	100
nature conservation and research	84
tourism/recreation	50
forestry	30

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld (Netherlands). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/drents-friese-wold-&-leggelderveld-iba-netherlands on 25/12/2024.