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Mühlenberger Loch


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
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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment State Pressure Response
2013 not assessed very high not assessed
Whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes unset unknown

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

IBA Protection

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

Habitats

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

Land use

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


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.