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Gransee / Zehdenick / Schnelle Havel


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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis LC winter 1990-1999 4,500 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC winter 1990-1999 20,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus LC passage 1990-1999 800 individuals B1i
Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina LC breeding 2001 4-5 breeding pairs 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
1990 Biosphärenreservat Schorfheide - Chorin Landschaftschutzgebiet 8
1990 Schorfheide-Chorin UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve 8
1992 Liebenberger Bruch Naturschutzgebiet 1
1997 Uckermärkische Seen Nature Park 8
1998 Obere Havelniederung Landschaftschutzgebiet 39
1998 Liebenberger Bruch Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1
1999 Fürstenberger Wald- und Seengebiet Landschaftschutzgebiet 8
1999 Barnim Nature Park 18
2000 Schnelle Havel Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 6
2000 Kreuzbruch Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 3
2000 Döllnfließ Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 3
2000 Exin Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1
2000 Wolfsluch Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1
2000 Zehdenicker - Mildenberger Tonstiche Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 4
2001 Obere Havelniederung Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 81
2001 Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park 3
2003 Ruppiner Wald- und Seengebiet Landschaftschutzgebiet 3
2003 Harenzacken Naturschutzgebiet 2
2003 Gehron-See Naturschutzgebiet <1
2003 Klienitz Naturschutzgebiet <1
2003 Schnelle Havel Ergänzung Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) <1
2004 Biotopverbund Welsengraben Naturschutzgebiet 1
2014 Liebenberg Landschaftschutzgebiet 7
2014 Schnelle Havel Naturschutzgebiet 6


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Gransee / Zehdenick / Schnelle Havel (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/gransee--zehdenick--schnelle-havel-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.