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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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	passage	1997	18,100 individuals	C3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	1987-1996	13,700 individuals	B1i
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1997	31,400 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	passage	1997	11,400 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1992-1997	45,100 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	29,500 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
-	East- and south-east coast of Fehmarn	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	34
1971	Insel Fehmarn	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1
1971	Insel Fehmarn	Landscape Protection Area	1
1986	Ostsee östlich Wagrien	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	33
1999	Staberhuk	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	61
2009	Staberhuk	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	34

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: East- and south-east coast of Fehmarn (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-and-south-east-coast-of-fehmarn-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.