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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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1984	2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	1996	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1996	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	resident	1996	8 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	1996	1 breeding pairs	C6
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	LC	breeding	1996	2 breeding pairs	C6
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	resident	1996	3-5 breeding pairs	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	1996	5 breeding pairs	C6
Black Kite Milvus migrans	LC	breeding	1996	2 breeding pairs	C6
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus	LC	breeding	1996	3-4 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	1996	5-10 breeding pairs	C6

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
1961	Roitzsch	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1997	Dübener Heide	Landschaftschutzgebiet	100
1998	Dübener Heide	Landschaftschutzgebiet	100
2000	Presseler Heidewald- und Moorgebiet	Naturschutzgebiet	40
2001	Dübener Heide	Nature Park	100
2002	Presseler Heidewald- und Moorgebiet	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	42
2002	Schwarzbachniederung mit Sprottabruch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2002	Dommitzscher Grenzbachgebiet	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2002	Buchenwaldgebiet Kossa	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2002	Elbtal zwischen Mühlberg und Greudnitz	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2002	Roitzsch	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2003	Dommitzscher Grenzbach	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2004	Dübener Heide	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	77

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pressel wooded heath and mire (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pressel-wooded-heath-and-mire-iba-germany on 26/11/2024.