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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
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding (1990–1999)	185 pairs	B2

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1966	Boekzeteler Meer und Umgebung	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	3
1966	Boekzeteler Meer und Umgebung	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	1
1973	Sandwater	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1
1983	Feuchtgebiet Westgroßefehn	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1990	Fehntjer Tief-Nord	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	10
1992	Fehntjer Tief-Süd	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	7
1995	Flumm-Niederung	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	8
1998	Boekzeteler Meer	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	2

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Alluvial and very wet forest
Grassland	-	Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	-	Raised bogs

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fehntjer Tief (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fehntjer-tief-iba-germany on 26/12/2024.