Mühlenberger Loch (Germany) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Mühlenberger Loch

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1996	2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	passage	1996	4,583 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1996	1,260 individuals	B1i, C3
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	-	1,400 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1996	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.

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 (within 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Mühlenberger Loch	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1998	Mühlenberger Loch/Neßsand	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2001	Mühlenberger Loch	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2005	NSG Mühlenberger Loch/Neßsand	Naturschutzgebiet	76

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.