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

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Upper Rhinluch -- Nauener Luch	Nature Reserve (-)	-
1967	Große und Kleine Jahnberge	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1978	Lindholz	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1986	Friesacker Zootzen (Erweiterung)	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	<1
1998	Westhavelland	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	29
1998	Obere Havelniederung	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	1
1998	Westhavelland	Nature Park (V)	7
2009	Kremmener Luch	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	1
2013	Oberes Rhinluch	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	5

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

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 23/12/2024.