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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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1900-1999	14,520 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1990	2,110 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1990-1999	7,555 individuals	B1i, C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	2001	min 32 breeding pairs	B3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1990	1 breeding pairs	C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1990-1999	632 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,053 individuals	B1i, B2, C2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1990-1999	234 breeding pairs	B2
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	resident	1990-1999	266 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1960-1999	23,128 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
1994	Petkumer Deichvorland	Naturschutzgebiet	8
1997	Unterems und Außenems	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	84
2001	Emsmarsch von Leer bis Emden	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	35
2004	Nendorper Deichvorland	Naturschutzgebiet	6

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ems valley between Leer and Emden (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ems-valley-between-leer-and-emden-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.