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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1990-1999	200 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	3,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	13 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1990-1999	1,000 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	6 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1990-1999	17 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	1990-1999	200 breeding pairs	C6
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria	LC	breeding	1990-1999	15 breeding pairs	C6
Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva	LC	breeding	1990-1999	3 breeding pairs	C6
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana	LC	breeding	1990-1999	110 breeding pairs	C6

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
1951	Die Lucie	Naturschutzgebiet	22
1968	Elbufer-Drawehn	Nature Park	93
1974	Langendorfer Berg	Landschaftschutzgebiet	12
1979	Flusslandschaft Elbe	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	7
1993	Lucie	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	77
1999	Elbeniederung zwischen Schnackenburg und Geesthacht	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5
2004	Gewässersystem der Jeetzel mit Quellwäldern	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2007	Niedersächsische Mittelelbe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland	70
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	28

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lucie and Landwehr (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lucie-and-landwehr-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.