Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park (Germany)

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Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1960	Küstenwald	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1976	Wattenmeer, Ostfriesisches Wattenmeer & Dollart	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	52
1976	Wattenmeer, Jadebusen & westliche Wesermündung	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	20
1976	Wattenmeer, Elbe-Weser-Dreieck	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	18
1986	Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer	Nationalpark	100
1990	Hamburgisches Wattenmeer	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1
1992	Waddensea of Lower Saxony	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	95
1992	Waddensea of Hamburg	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	<1
1994	Leyhörn	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1997	Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
1998	Hamburgisches Wattenmeer	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1998	Hamburgisches Wattenmeer	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2000	Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer und angrenzendes Küstenmeer	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2006	Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	98
2009	The Wadden Sea	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 22/11/2024.