DE287
Eastern part of Kiel Bight


IBA Justification

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
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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- 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.