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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	winter	2000	200 individuals	C2
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	passage	2000	350 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	2000	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	2000	3,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	2000	8,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1996	1,660 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	passage	2000	2,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Common Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica	LC	breeding	1990-1995	20 breeding pairs	B2, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1999	22,010 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
1952	Neßsand	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1969	Pinneberger Elbmarschen	Landschaftschutzgebiet	34
1969	LSG des Kreises Pinneberg	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
1976	Niederelbe, Barnkrug-Otterndorf	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4
1983	Kollmarer Marsch	Landschaftschutzgebiet	7
1991	Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	10
1991	Eschschallen im Seestermüher Vorland	Naturschutzgebiet	4
1992	Waddensea of Lower Saxony	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	5
1992	Vorland St. Margarethen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
1997	Unterelbe bis Wedel	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	35
1997	Elbinsel Pagensand	Naturschutzgebiet	7
2000	Haseldorfer Binnenelbe mit Elbvorland	Naturschutzgebiet	8
2000	Rhinplate und Elbufer südlich Glückstadt	Naturschutzgebiet	6
2000	Pinneberger Elbmarschen	Landscape Protection Area	30
2004	Waddensea and Hallig Islands of Schleswig-Holstein	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	10
2004	Wetternsystem in der Kollmarer Marsch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2005	S-H Wadden sea National Park	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	10
2006	Schleswig-Holsteinisches Elbästuar und angrenzende Flächen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	60

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land	-
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Shrubland	Scrub	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
military	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
water management	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pinneberg Elbe lowlands (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pinneberg-elbe-lowlands-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.