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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
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage (1996)	2,000 birds	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	passage (1996)	4,583 birds	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage (1996)	1,260 birds	B1i, C3
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage (-)	1,400 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1996)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii, C4

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2002. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Transportation and service corridors	likely in short term (<4 years)	whole of popul­ation/area (>90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 gener­ations)	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2005	NSG Mühlenberger Loch/Neßsand	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	76

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	100
fisheries/aquaculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mühlenberger Loch (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mühlenberger-loch-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.