The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List | Season (year/s of estimate) | Size | IBA criteria |
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Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus | LC | passage (1987–1996) | 450 birds | B1i |
Greylag Goose Anser anser | LC | passage (1996) | 2,000 birds | B1i, C3 |
Common Eider Somateria mollissima | NT | passage (1987–1999) | 88,000 birds | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra | LC | winter (1987–1999) | 50,000 birds | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula | LC | winter (1987–1996) | 7,900 birds | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula | LC | winter (1996) | 12,000 birds | B1i, C3 |
Greater Scaup Aythya marila | LC | winter (1987–1996) | 17,000 birds | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Mew Gull Larus canus | LC | breeding (2001) | 2,450 pairs | B2 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | LC | breeding (1997) | 20–120 pairs | B2 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | passage (1990–1997) | 90,450 birds | A4iii, C4 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | winter (1989–1997) | 86,900 birds | A4iii, C4 |
Year | Protected Area | Designation (management category) | % coverage of IBA |
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- | Eastern part of Kiel Bight | Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA) | 91 |
1971 | Insel Fehmarn | Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) | 1 |
1971 | Insel Fehmarn | Landscape Protection Area (V) | 1 |
1977 | Wallnau / Fehmarn | Naturschutzgebiet (IV) | <1 |
1987 | Graswarder / Heiligenhafen | Naturschutzgebiet (IV) | <1 |
1989 | Grüner Brink | Naturschutzgebiet (IV) | <1 |
2013 | Krummsteert-Sulsdorfer Wiek / Fehmarn | Naturschutzgebiet (IV) | 1 |
2014 | Nördliche Seeniederung Fehmarn | Naturschutzgebiet (IV) | 1 |
2015 | Kleiner Binnensee und angrenzende Salzwiesen | Naturschutzgebiet (IV) | <1 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern part of Kiel Bight (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-part-of-kiel-bight-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.