Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
8,660 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
1,500 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
16,890 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1990–1999) |
27,050 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Grassland |
50 |
|
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
45 |
Arable land |
| Wetlands (inland) |
5 |
Standing freshwater |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gandersum/Lange Maar (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gandersum-lange-maar-iba-germany on 26/12/2024.
