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Lucie and Landwehr


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

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1951 Die Lucie Naturschutzgebiet (IV) 22
1968 Elbufer-Drawehn Nature Park (V) 93
1974 Langendorfer Berg Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 12
1979 Flusslandschaft Elbe UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA) 7

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture -
forestry -


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 23/12/2024.