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Farmlands Lich-Utphe


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 1997-2000 10 individuals C6
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage 1997-2000 3,500 individuals C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria LC passage 1997-2000 800 individuals C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus LC winter 1997-2000 5 individuals C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus LC breeding 1997-2000 1 breeding pairs C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus LC winter 1997-2000 10 individuals C6
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris LC passage 1997-2000 20 individuals C6

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
1989 Auenverbund Wetterau Landschaftschutzgebiet 21
1989 Eisenkaute von Inheiden Naturschutzgebiet <1
1992 Auenverbund Wetterau Landscape Protection Area 21
1999 Wirtswiesen bei Lich Naturschutzgebiet 4
2004 Wetterau Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 88
2004 Wetterniederung bei Lich Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 18


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Farmlands Lich-Utphe (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/farmlands-lich-utphe-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.