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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1990	34 individuals	C2
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1980-1989	2,200 individuals	B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1990-1999	10,200 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1990-1999	8,334 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	1990-2000	1,876 individuals	B1i, C3
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	1990-1999	36,566 individuals	C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	winter	1990-1999	4,224 individuals	B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1990-1999	23 breeding pairs	A1, C1
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1990-1999	14 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1990-1999	2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1990-1999	57 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	winter	1990-1999	125 individuals	C2, C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	winter	1990-1999	200 individuals	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1987-1996	20,734 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-1997	42,825 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
1961	Dümmer	Naturschutzgebiet	12
1971	Hohe Sieben	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1971	Ochsenbruch	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1
1972	Dümmer	Nature Park	100
1976	Dümmer	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	72
1981	Dümmer	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2
1981	Dümmer	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1990	Haverbeker Moor	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1995	Ochsenmoor	Naturschutzgebiet	21
1997	Dümmer	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93
1999	Dümmer	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	59
2007	Westliche Dümmerniederung	Naturschutzgebiet	28
2007	Huntebruch und Huntebruchwiesen	Naturschutzgebiet	5
2015	Dümmer	Landschaftschutzgebiet	22

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dümmer (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dümmer-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.