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) |
40 birds |
C2 |
| Bean Goose Anser fabalis |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
2,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
passage (1996) |
250 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
400 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Gadwall Mareca strepera |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
350 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Corncrake Crex crex |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
50 pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6 |
| Spotted Crake Porzana porzana |
LC |
breeding (1990–1999) |
18 pairs |
A4i, B1i |
| Common Crane Grus grus |
LC |
passage (1990–1999) |
1,280 birds |
B1i, C2, C6 |
| Ruff Calidris pugnax |
LC |
passage (1990–1999) |
500 birds |
C6 |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
LC |
passage (1996) |
500 birds |
C6 |
| Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
winter (1990–1999) |
360 birds |
C2, C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1990–1999) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
- |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland |
| Grassland |
- |
Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| hunting |
- |
| other |
- |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Leine valley near Salzderhelden (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/leine-valley-near-salzderhelden-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.
