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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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1990-1999	5,500 individuals	B1i, B2, C2
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1990-1999	2 breeding pairs	A4i
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	1990-1999	15,900 individuals	A4i, B1i, C6
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1990-1999	184 breeding pairs	B2
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	8 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	18 breeding pairs	C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	breeding	1990-1999	1 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-1999	21,400 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
1972	Großes Meer und Umgebung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	37
1972	Großes Meer und Umgebung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	5
1974	Südteil Großes Meer	Naturschutzgebiet	8
1982	Groen Breike	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1988	Loppersumer Meer	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1999	Großes Meer; Loppersumer Meer	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	15
2002	Ostfriesische Meere	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	84
2004	Teichfledermaus-Gewässer im Raum Aurich	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ostfriesische Meere (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ostfriesische-meere-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.