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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
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter	1990-1999	837,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter	1990-1999	215,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	winter	1990-1999	240,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	winter	1990-1999	3,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,275 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	LC	winter	1990-1999	4,180 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter	1990-1999	1,225 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2, C6
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,875 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-1999	1,303,555 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
-	Pomeranian bay	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	59
1961	Streckelsberg	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1995	Greifswalder Oie	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1999	Insel Usedom	Nature Park	<1
2004	Westliche Rönnebank	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	60
2004	Pommersche Bucht mit Oderbank	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	33
2004	Adlergrund	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
2004	Greifswalder Oie	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Dünengebiet bei Trassenheide	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2007	SPA Pommersche Bucht	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	60
2007	Greifswalder Boddenrandschwelle und Teile der Pommerschen Bucht	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	9
2007	Pommersche Bucht	Naturschutzgebiet	60
2008	Westliche Pommersche Bucht	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	27
2008	Greifswalder Bodden und südlicher Strelasund	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2008	Greifswalder Bodden	Landschaftschutzgebiet	1
2008	Peenemünder Haken, Struck und Ruden - Gebietsteil A	Naturschutzgebiet	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pomeranian bay (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pomeranian-bay-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.