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Military training area Munster-Nord


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
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum LC breeding (1990–2000) 10 pairs C6
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus LC breeding (1990–2000) 5 pairs C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea LC breeding (2001) 80–100 pairs C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1921 Lüneburger Heide Nature Park (V) 14
1953 Rehrhof/ Ehlbeck Landscape Protection Area (V) 1
1959 Waldgebiete am Rande der Raubkammer Landscape Protection Area (V) 6
1973 Wacholderhain bei Ehlbeck Landscape Protection Area (V) <1
1975 Süsing Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 2
1987 Munster-Oerrel Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 11
1993 Tal der Kleinen Örtze Naturschutzgebiet (IV) 1
2011 Landschaftsschutzgebiet des Landkreises Lüneburg Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 5


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Military training area Munster-Nord (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/military-training-area-munster-nord-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.