DE058
Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park


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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus LC passage (1990–1999) 2,587 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Brent Goose Branta bernicla LC winter (1990–1999) 24,255 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC winter (1990–1999) 72,281 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Greylag Goose Anser anser LC winter (1990–1999) 15,700 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC winter (1990–1999) 9,314 birds B1i, C3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima NT winter (1990–1999) 73,873 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna LC winter (1990–1999) 41,907 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope LC winter (1990–1999) 24,512 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos LC winter (1990–1999) 34,626 birds C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta LC winter (1990–1999) 5,500 birds B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca LC winter (1990–1999) 7,595 birds B1i, C3
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia LC breeding (1990–1999) 15 pairs C6
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia LC winter (1990–1999) 85 birds B1i, C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC winter (1990–1999) 1,734 birds B1i, C3
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus NT winter (1990–1999) 144,597 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus NT breeding (1990–1999) 13,170 pairs C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC breeding (1990–1999) 2,605 pairs A4i, B3, C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC winter (1990–1999) 20,077 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola VU winter (1990–1999) 40,335 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria LC winter (1990–1999) 30,000 birds A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula LC winter (1990–1999) 3,300 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus LC breeding (1990–1999) 93 pairs B2
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata NT winter (1990–1999) 66,217 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica NT winter (1990–1999) 36,818 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa NT breeding (1990–1999) 1,082 pairs B2
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres NT winter (1990–1999) 1,493 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Red Knot Calidris canutus NT winter (1990–1999) 38,184 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Ruff Calidris pugnax LC breeding (1990–1999) 50 pairs C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax LC winter (1990–1999) 1,500 birds C6
Dunlin Calidris alpina NT winter (1990–1999) 159,771 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus LC winter (1990–1999) 6,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia LC winter (1990–1999) 2,226 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus LC breeding (1990–1999) 4,981 pairs B2, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus LC winter (1990–1999) 17,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus LC breeding (1990–1999) 5 pairs C6
Mew Gull Larus canus LC breeding (1990–1999) 5,123 pairs B2
Mew Gull Larus canus LC winter (1990–1999) 24,406 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus LC breeding (1990–1999) 17,278 pairs B3, C3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus LC winter (1980–1989) 5,232 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus LC breeding (1990–1999) 37,458 pairs C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding (1990–1999) 329 pairs B2, C6
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC winter (1990–1999) 2,100 birds A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding (1990–1999) 6,298 pairs C2, C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea LC breeding (1990–1999) 2,048 pairs C2, C6
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica LC breeding (1990–1999) 49 pairs C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding (1990–1999) 3,155 pairs B2, C2, C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus LC breeding (1990–1999) 74 pairs C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus LC breeding (1990–1999) 88 pairs C6
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus LC breeding (1990–1999) 5 pairs C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus LC breeding (1990–1999) 55 pairs C6
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus LC breeding (1990–1999) 6 pairs C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a breeding (1990–1999) 93,739 pairs A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (1990–1999) 910,638 birds A4iii, C4

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1960 Küstenwald Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) <1
1986 Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer Nationalpark (II) 100
1992 Waddensea of Lower Saxony UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 95
1992 Waddensea of Hamburg UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) <1
1994 Leyhörn Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
2006 Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA) 98

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lower-saxony-wadden-sea-national-park-iba-germany on 07/12/2024.