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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1938	Kieshofer Moor	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1961	Lanken	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1966	Mittlerer Strelasund	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	1
1966	Mittlerer Strelasund (Rügen)	Landscape Protection Area (V)	<1
1966	Mittlerer Strelasund (Hansestadt Stralsund)	Landscape Protection Area (V)	2
1967	Kormorankolonie bei Niederhof	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1984	Schoritzer Wiek	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1984	Vogelhaken Glewitz	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1990	Biosphärenreservat Südost-Rügen	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	14
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	1
1990	Neuensiener und Selliner See	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Neuensiener und Selliner See	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Goor-Muglitz	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Goor-Muglitz	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Neuensiener und Selliner See: Westufer des Selliner Sees	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1990	Wreechener See	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1990	Mönchgut	Nature Reserve (IV)	2
1990	Insel Vilm	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1990	Goor - Muglitz: Muglitzer Boddenufer	Nature Reserve (IV)	<1
1993	Halbinsel Devin	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1994	Insel Koos, Kooser See und Wampener Riff	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	2
1994	Halbinsel Fahrenbrink	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1995	Greifswalder Oie	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1997	Ladebower Moor	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1998	Boddenküste am Strelasund	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	3
1999	Insel Usedom	Nature Park (V)	3
2008	Greifswalder Bodden	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	53
2008	Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil A	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	3
2008	Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil B	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
2010	Südwest-Rügen-Zudar	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	8

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

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

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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 23/12/2024.