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The site was identified as important in 2009 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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1997-2005	5-6 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	breeding	1993	13-19 breeding pairs	B2
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1997-2005	4 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	1997-2005	30-40 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Unknown	Nature Reserve	46
1971	Wallersee	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	5
1979	Trumerseen	Naturschutzgebiet	9
1982	Oichten Riede	Naturschutzgebiet	7
1983	Wallersee Wengermoor	Naturschutzgebiet	9
1983	Wallersee Fischtaginger Spitz	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1983	Obertrumer See	Naturschutzgebiet	3
1983	Wallersee Bayrhamer Spitz	Naturschutzgebiet	2
1986	Trumer Seen	Landschaftsschutzgebiet	2
1995	Wallersee-Wengermoor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9
1996	Wallersee-Wengermoor	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	21
1996	Oichtenriede	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
2001	Nordmoor am Grabensee	Naturschutzgebiet	1
2002	Wiesengebiete und Seen im Alpenvorland	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2002	Irrsee-Moore	Naturschutzgebiet	2
2015	Mooswiesen am Irrsee	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	90
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
not utilised	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Meadows and lakes in the foreland of the Alps in Salzburg and Upper Austria (Austria). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/meadows-and-lakes-in-the-foreland-of-the-alps-in-salzburg-and-upper-austria-iba-austria on 23/11/2024.