Greifswalder Bodden (Germany) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Greifswalder Bodden

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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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter	1985-1995	12,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1985-1995	3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1985-1995	3,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1985-1995	2,000 individuals	B1i, B2, C2, C6
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1985-1995	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1985-1995	8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1985-1995	130,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	1985-1995	80,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter	1985-1995	18,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	1985-1995	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	winter	1985-1995	15,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	winter	1985-1995	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1985-1995	12,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	1985-1995	30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter	1985-1995	70,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	1985-1995	6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	winter	1985-1995	8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	LC	winter	1985-1995	30,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	LC	winter	1985-1995	70,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1985-1995	10,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	winter	1985-1995	14,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	winter	1985-1995	300 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	winter	1985-1995	4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter	1985-1995	100 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	LC	winter	1985-1995	30,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1985-1995	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1985-1995	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	1985-1995	350 individuals	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1990-1999	10 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	1985-1995	10,000-20,000 individuals	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	breeding	1987	12 breeding pairs	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	winter	1985-1995	600 individuals	C6
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	LC	breeding	1985-1995	3 breeding pairs	C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1985-1995	8 breeding pairs	C6
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	winter	1985-1995	300 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1990-1999	120-150 breeding pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1985-1996	30-31 breeding pairs	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	winter	1985-1995	50 individuals	C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	breeding	1990-1999	9 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	breeding	1990-1999	8 breeding pairs	C6
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia	LC	breeding	1990-1999	2,500 breeding pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1985-1995	602,150-612,150 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
1938	Kieshofer Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1961	Lanken	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1966	Mittlerer Strelasund	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1
1966	Mittlerer Strelasund (Rügen)	Landscape Protection Area	<1
1966	Mittlerer Strelasund (Hansestadt Stralsund)	Landscape Protection Area	2
1967	Kormorankolonie bei Niederhof	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1984	Schoritzer Wiek	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1984	Vogelhaken Glewitz	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1990	Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	14
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	1
1990	Neuensiener und Selliner See	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Neuensiener und Selliner See	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Goor-Muglitz	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Goor-Muglitz	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve	2
1990	Goor - Muglitz: Muglitzer Boddenufer	Nature Reserve	<1
1990	Wreechener See	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1990	Insel Vilm	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1990	Neuensiener und Selliner See: Westufer des Selliner Sees	Nature Reserve	<1
1991	Rügen	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	4
1993	Halbinsel Devin	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1994	Insel Koos, Kooser See und Wampener Riff	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1994	Halbinsel Fahrenbrink	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1995	Greifswalder Oie	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1997	Ladebower Moor	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1998	Boddenküste am Strelasund	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
1999	Insel Usedom	Nature Park	3
2004	Greifswalder Bodden; Teile des Strelasundes und Nordspitze Usedom	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	58
2004	Küstenlandschaft Südostrügen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2004	Moore zwischen Greifswald und Miltzow	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Greifswalder Oie	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2007	Greifswalder Boddenrandschwelle und Teile der Pommerschen Bucht	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2008	Greifswalder Bodden und südlicher Strelasund	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	85
2008	Greifswalder Bodden	Landschaftschutzgebiet	53
2008	Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil A	Naturschutzgebiet	3
2008	Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil B	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
2010	Südwest-Rügen-Zudar	Landschaftschutzgebiet	8

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Greifswalder Bodden (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/greifswalder-bodden-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.