Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
Common Eider Somateria mollissima |
NT |
breeding (2011–2015) |
137–204 pairs |
B2 |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
breeding (2011–2015) |
490–535 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6 |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
breeding (2011–2015) |
54–101 pairs |
B2 |
Mew Gull Larus canus |
LC |
breeding (2011–2015) |
503–837 pairs |
B3 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus |
LC |
breeding (2011–2015) |
18,401 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3, C3 |
European Herring Gull Larus argentatus |
LC |
breeding (2011–2015) |
2,277–9,587 pairs |
B2 |
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
LC |
breeding (2009–2014) |
18 pairs |
C6 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis |
LC |
breeding (2011–2015) |
min 1,682 pairs |
B1i, C2 |
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus |
LC |
breeding (2011–2015) |
1–3 pairs |
C6 |
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus |
LC |
breeding (2011–2015) |
6–8 pairs |
B2, C6 |
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 |
very poor |
low |
medium |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
yes |
population |
good |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
- |
De Petten |
Nature Reserve (-) |
<1 |
- |
Duinen Noord, Texel |
Nature Reserve (-) |
41 |
- |
't Stoar |
Nature Reserve (-) |
<1 |
- |
Duinen Midden, Texel |
Nature Reserve (-) |
24 |
1926 |
Duinen Zuid, Texel |
Nature Reserve (-) |
32 |
1981 |
Waddenzee I |
Natural Monument (-) |
2 |
1993 |
Waddenzee II |
Natural Monument (-) |
9 |
1995 |
Hanenplas |
Natural Monument (-) |
2 |
1996 |
Hanenplas II |
Natural Monument (-) |
<1 |
2002 |
Duinen van Texel
|
Nationaal Park (II) |
96 |
2003 |
Hollands Diep
|
Natuurbeschermingswet (IV) |
2 |
2011 |
Duinen en Lage Land Texel
|
Natuurbeschermingswet (IV) |
100
|
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
tourism/recreation |
95 |
hunting |
90 |
nature conservation and research |
84 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Duinen en Lage Land Texel (Netherlands). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/duinen-en-lage-land-texel-iba-netherlands on 25/12/2024.