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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
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	resident	1995	1 breeding pairs	C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	resident	1996	3 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1996	3-7 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	resident	1996	1 breeding pairs	C6

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
1963	Kohrener Land	Landschaftschutzgebiet	100
1984	Kohrener Land	Landschaftschutzgebiet	100
1995	Eschefelder Teiche	Naturschutzgebiet	97
2000	Eschefelder Teiche	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eschefeld ponds (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eschefeld-ponds-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.