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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	passage	1997	40 individuals	C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1990-1999	40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1997	12,500 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1990-1999	550 individuals	B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	winter	1990-1999	370 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	passage	1990-1999	40,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Great Bustard Otis tarda	EN	resident	1997	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	2-3 breeding pairs	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1990-1999	8,000 individuals	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	passage	1997	500 individuals	C6
Ruff Calidris pugnax	LC	breeding	1990-1999	3 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1993-1998	101,590 individuals	A4iii, C4

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Upper Rhinluch -- Nauener Luch	Nature Reserve	-
1967	Große und Kleine Jahnberge	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1978	Lindholz	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1986	Friesacker Zootzen (Erweiterung)	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1998	Westhavelland	Landschaftschutzgebiet	29
1998	Kremmener Luch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1998	Obere Havelniederung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1
1998	Friesacker Zootzen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1998	Lindholz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1998	Westhavelland	Nature Park	7
2000	Oberes Rhinluch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
2000	Paulinenauer Luch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2001	Rhin-Havelluch	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	83
2003	Unteres Rhinluch - Dreetzer See Ergänzung	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Oberes Temnitztal Ergänzung	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Salzstelle Nauen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Mossberge	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Paulinenauer Luch Ergänzung	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2003	Oberes Rhinluch Ergänzung	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2003	Fledermausquartier Stallgebäude in Linum	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2009	Kremmener Luch	Naturschutzgebiet	1
2013	Oberes Rhinluch	Naturschutzgebiet	5

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	93
Grassland	Humid grasslands	67
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	9
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land	5
Shrubland	Scrub	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
hunting	95
agriculture	70
nature conservation and research	15
fisheries/aquaculture	5
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Oberes Rhinluch / Havelländisches Luch Nauen-Friesack (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oberes-rhinluch--havelländisches-luch-nauen-friesack-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.