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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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	1997	41 individuals	C6
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1997	25,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1990-1999	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Little Crake Zapornia parva	LC	breeding	1990-1999	2-5 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1990-1999	10-13 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1990-1999	20-25 breeding pairs	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	10 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1990-1999	12-15 breeding pairs	C6
Common Reed-warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1,500-2,500 breeding pairs	B3
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides	LC	breeding	1990-1999	150-200 breeding pairs	B3
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	1990-1999	10-15 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	25,041 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-1999	20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
-	Potsdamer Havelseengebiet	Landscape Protection Area	<1
1949	Möweninsel Buhnenwerder	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1966	Potsdamer Havelseengebiet	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1966	Potsdamer Havelseengebiet und Potsdamer Wald- und Havelseengebiet	Landscape Protection Area	10
1972	Schmerzker Busch	Landschaftschutzgebiet	<1
1986	Obere Wublitz	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1986	Brand	Naturschutzgebiet	-
1992	Ketziner Bruchlandschaft	Landschaftschutzgebiet	4
1996	Wolfsbruch	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1996	Bruchwald Rosdunk	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1998	Westhavelland	Landschaftschutzgebiet	37
1998	Brandenburger Osthavelniederung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	20
1998	Potsdamer Wald- und Havelseengebiet	Landschaftschutzgebiet	10
1998	Obere Wublitz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1998	Bagower Bruch	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1998	Westhavelland	Nature Park	23
1998	Bruchwald Rosdunk	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1998	Wolfsbruch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Mittlere Havel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2000	Stadthavel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2000	Krielower See	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Weißes Fenn und Dünenheide	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Deetzer Hügel	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Bagower Mühlenberg	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2000	Ketziner Havelinseln	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2000	Bagower Bruch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Mittlere Havelniederung	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	57
2002	Falkenrehder Wublitz	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
2002	Brandenburger Wald- und Seengebiet	Landschaftschutzgebiet	5
2003	Mittlere Havel Ergänzung	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2003	Beetzsee-Rinne und Niederungen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2003	Mittlere Havel	Naturschutzgebiet	2
2003	Ketziner Havelinseln	Naturschutzgebiet	1
2003	Buhnenwerder-Wusterau	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
2003	Streuwiesen bei Werder	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Deetzer Hügel Ergänzung	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Steppenhügel im Havelland	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Fledermausquartier in Klein Behnitz (Wohnhaus)	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Stadthavel	Naturschutzgebiet	1
2004	Krielower See	Naturschutzgebiet	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lowlands of middle Havel (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lowlands-of-middle-havel-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.