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Lower Inn: Haiming - Neuhaus including the Neuhaus, Egglfing, Ering, and Simbach reservoirs


IBA Justification

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 passage (1997) 5 birds C6
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC passage (1997) 2 birds C6
Gadwall Mareca strepera LC breeding (1990–2000) 200 pairs B2
Gadwall Mareca strepera LC winter (1990–2000) 2,000 birds B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus VU passage (1998) 1 birds C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra LC winter (1990–2000) 10 birds C6
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax LC breeding (1990–2000) 20 pairs C6
Great White Egret Ardea alba LC winter (1990–2000) 35 birds C6
Little Egret Egretta garzetta LC passage (1998) 5 birds C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria LC passage (1990–2000) 400 birds C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax LC passage (1990–2000) 1,000 birds C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus LC breeding (1990–2000) 3 pairs C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger LC winter (1990–2000) 400 birds C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding (1990–2000) 10 pairs C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus LC breeding (1990–2000) 10 pairs C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC winter (1998) 1 birds C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1972 Unterer Inn Naturschutzgebiet (IV) 14
1977 LSG Salzachtal im Gebiet der Gemeinde Haiming, der Stadt Burghausen und der Gemeinden Raitenhaslach und Burgkirchen an der Alz Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 15
1977 LSG Salzachtal im Gebiet der Gemeinde Haiming, der Stadt Burghausen und der Gemeinden Raitenhaslach und Burgkirchen an Landscape Protection Area (V) 16
1984 Neuhaus Naturschutzgebiet (IV) 2
1992 Vogelfreistätte Salzachmündung Naturschutzgebiet (IV) 12
1996 Saalach-Salzachauen Landscape Protection Area (V) 11

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Forest - Alluvial and very wet forest
Wetlands (inland) - Rivers and streams

Land use

Land use % of IBA
forestry -
not utilised -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Inn: Haiming - Neuhaus including the Neuhaus, Egglfing, Ering, and Simbach reservoirs (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-inn:-haiming--neuhaus-including-the-neuhaus-egglfing-ering-and-simbach-reservoirs-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.