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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 Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter	1993	190,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	passage	1998	1,850 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	winter	1980-1993	24,000 individuals	A4i, B1i
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis	LC	breeding	1999	102 breeding pairs	A4i
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding	1998	92 breeding pairs	A4i
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1998	2,900 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	winter	1993	21,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage	1980-1993	6,700 individuals	A4i, B1i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1989-1993	235,500 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1989-1993	235,500 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
1964	Lummenfelsen der Insel Helgoland	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1981	Helgoländer Felssockel	Naturschutzgebiet	1
2000	Seevogelschutzgebiet Helgoland	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	28
2004	Sylter Außenriff	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	70
2004	Helgoland mit Helgoländer Felssockel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2004	Steingrund	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2005	S-H Seabird Protection Area	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	28
2007	SPA Östliche Deutsche Bucht	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	54
2007	Östliche Deutsche Bucht	Naturschutzgebiet	73
2008	Sylt.Aussenr.-Oestl.Dt.Bucht	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	54

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern part of German Bight (with Heligoland) (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-part-of-german-bight-(with-heligoland)-iba-germany on 27/11/2024.