Elbe marshes between Stade and Otterndorf (Germany)

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Elbe marshes between Stade and Otterndorf

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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	1990-1999	230 individuals	C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,870 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	winter	1990	3,803 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1990-1999	58,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1990-1999	15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990	2,023 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1990-1999	25,790 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	1990-1999	300 individuals	B1i, C2
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter	1990-1999	6,250 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	breeding	1980-1989	400 breeding pairs	B1i
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,010 individuals	B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	breeding	1990-1999	97 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	winter	1990-1999	21,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,600 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	winter	1990-1999	4,190 individuals	B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1990-1999	60 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1990-1999	9 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1990-1999	4 breeding pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1990-1999	326 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	passage	1990-1999	2,570 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	VU	passage	1990-1999	3,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1990-1999	37,630 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	1990-1999	1,250 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1990-1999	720 breeding pairs	B2
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	breeding	1990-1999	38 breeding pairs	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	passage	1990-1999	1,820 individuals	C6
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus	LC	passage	1990-1999	1,200 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	460 breeding pairs	B2
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	5 breeding pairs	C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	1990-1999	39 individuals	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage	1990-1999	220 individuals	C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1990-1999	418 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	1990-1999	1,900 individuals	C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	resident	1995	12 breeding pairs	C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	passage	1990-1999	850 individuals	C6
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1990-1999	49 breeding pairs	C2, C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	26 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	20 breeding pairs	C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	4 breeding pairs	C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	1990-1999	126 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1990-1999	50,979 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-1998	143,066 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Niederelbe zwischen Stade und Ottendorf	Nature Reserve	-
1970	Vogelschutzgebiet Hullen	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1974	Außendeich Nordkehdingen I	Naturschutzgebiet	5
1975	Ostemündung	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1976	Niederelbe, Barnkrug-Otterndorf	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	45
1979	Allwördener Außendeich/ Brammersand	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1981	Schilf- und Wasserfläche Krautsand/ Ostende	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1982	Außendeich Nordkehdingen II	Naturschutzgebiet	4
1982	Ostesee	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1984	Hadelner und Belumer Außendeich	Naturschutzgebiet	6
1985	Schwarztonnensand	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1985	Wildvogelreservat Nordkehdingen	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1988	Asselersand	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1992	Waddensea of Lower Saxony	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	20
2000	Unterelbe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	87
2000	Unterelbe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	51

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	56
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
water management	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Elbe marshes between Stade and Otterndorf (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/elbe-marshes-between-stade-and-otterndorf-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.