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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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	1987-1996	32,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1977-1986	10,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter	1996-1997	8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1987-1993	50,000 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
-	Flensburger Innen- and Aussenförde	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	88
1976	Landschaftsteil Fördeufer Mürwik-Solitüde	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1976	Landschaftsteil Osbektal	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1986	Geltinger Birk	Naturschutzgebiet	4
1993	Halbinsel Holnis	Naturschutzgebiet	2
2004	Flensburger Förde	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	83
2006	Küstenbereiche Flensburger Förde von Flensburg bis Geltinger Birk	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	67
2009	Küstenbereiche Flensburger Förde von Flensburg bis Geltinger Birk	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	88
2015	Höftland Bockholmwik und angrenzende Steilküsten	Naturschutzgebiet	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flensburger Innen- and Aussenförde (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flensburger-innen-and-aussenförde-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.