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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	1998	1-4 breeding pairs	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1998	10 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1998	5-7 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	passage	1998	1-2 individuals	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1998	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1998	1 breeding pairs	C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	passage	1998	1-3 individuals	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	non-breeding	1998	1-2 individuals	C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	resident	1998	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1998	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Leiopicus medius	LC	resident	1998	2-3 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1988	4-5 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
1958	NSG Duvenstedter Brook	Naturschutzgebiet	75
1981	Hansdorfer Brook	Naturschutzgebiet	25
1997	Duvenstedter Brook	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	75
1997	NSG Hansdorfer Brook	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	22
1999	Hansdorfer Brook mit Ammersbek	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	23
2001	Duvenstedter Brook	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	69

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	10
tourism/recreation	-

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