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Traveförde and Dassower See


IBA Justification

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 1997 1,000 individuals A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Bean Goose Anser fabalis LC winter 1987-1996 9,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC winter 1987-1996 15,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC winter 1987-1996 4,226 individuals B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus LC winter 1977-1986 280 individuals B1i, C2
Goosander Mergus merganser LC winter 1987-1996 2,952 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina VU winter 1997 5,300 individuals B1i, C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula LC winter 1987-1996 13,112 individuals B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC winter 1987-1996 60,500 individuals A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana LC breeding 2002 present B1i
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris LC breeding 2002 present B1i
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC winter 1987-1996 3,288 individuals B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter 1988-1995 114,658 individuals A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1983 Dassower See, Inseln Buchhorst und Graswerder (Plönswerder) Naturschutzgebiet 35
1995 Selmsdorfer Traveufer Naturschutzgebiet <1
1998 Südlicher Priwall Naturschutzgebiet 1
2000 Traveförde Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 73
2000 Uferzone Dassower See Naturschutzgebiet 1
2006 Traveförde und angrenzende Flächen Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 84

Habitats

Habitat1 Habitat detail % of IBA
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use % of IBA
tourism/recreation -
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Traveförde and Dassower See (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/traveförde-and-dassower-see-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.