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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1990-1999	109 individuals	C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1990-1999	13 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	6,200 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	11 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	1990-1999	4,850 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	non-breeding	1996	36 individuals	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	breeding	1990-1999	16 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1990-1999	146 breeding pairs	C6
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1990-1999	14 breeding pairs	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1990-1999	29 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1939	Jagen 21 im Gartower Forst	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1968	Elbufer-Drawehn	Nature Park	98
1974	Gain - Mühlenbach - obere Dummeniederung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
1989	Blütlinger Holz	Naturschutzgebiet	4
1989	Salzfloragebiet bei Schreyahn	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1993	Drawehn	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
1997	Landgraben- und Dummeniederung	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	52
1997	Landgraben-Dumme-Niederung	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
1999	Landgraben- und Dummeniederung	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	53
2000	Landgraben-Dumme-Niederung nördlich Salzwedel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
2003	Planken und Schletauer Post	Naturschutzgebiet	7
2003	Gain	Naturschutzgebiet	3
2003	Luckauer Holz	Naturschutzgebiet	2
2007	Obere Dummeniederung	Naturschutzgebiet	9
2008	Schnegaer Mühlenbachtal	Naturschutzgebiet	1
2013	Elbhöhen-Drawehn	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
2016	Lüchower Landgrabenniederung	Naturschutzgebiet	8

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	60
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Landgraben and Dumme lowlands (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/landgraben-and-dumme-lowlands-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.