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 |
| Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
144 birds |
C2 |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
passage (1990–1999) |
15,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
| Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
3,580 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
36 birds |
B1i, C2, C6 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
250 pairs |
B3, C6 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
passage (1990–1999) |
3,500 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
| Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria |
LC |
passage (1990–1999) |
14,300 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
| Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
passage (1990–1999) |
6,500 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
winter (1990–1999) |
1,250 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
| Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
360 birds |
C6 |
| Dunlin Calidris alpina |
NT |
passage (1990–1999) |
25,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
250 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1990–1999) |
64,300 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1972 |
Neuwesteel
|
Landscape Protection Area (V) |
2 |
| 1994 |
Leyhörn
|
Naturschutzgebiet (IV) |
1 |
| 2013 |
Krummhörn
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) |
35 |
| 2015 |
Westermarsch
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) |
21 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Water fringe vegetation |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Krummhörn-Westermarsch (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/krummhörn-westermarsch-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.
