Uiterwaarden Zwarte Water & Vecht (Netherlands) IBA | Details

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Uiterwaarden Zwarte Water & Vecht

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2016 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (2011–2015)	6–12 pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding (2011–2015)	75–92 pairs	C6

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	good	not assessed	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Corncrake Crex crex	6 / 5 (pairs)	100	good
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	75 / 60 (pairs)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Unknown	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Buitenlanden Langenholte	Nature Reserve with Management Subsidy (-)	8
-	Oeverlanden Langs De Vecht	Nature Conservation Law (-)	9
-	Uiterwaarden Zwarte Water	Nature Reserve (-)	13
1977	Kievitsbloemterreinen Zwarte Water	Natural Monument (-)	6
1980	Kievitsbloemterreinen langs de Overijsselse Vecht	Natural Monument (-)	9
1986	Kievitsbloemterreinen Ov Vecht en Zwarte Water	Natural Monument (-)	3
2000	Uiterwaarden Zwarte Water en Vecht	Natuurbeschermingswet (IV)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	74	Humid grasslands; Mesophile grasslands
Wetlands (inland)	21	Rivers and streams; Water fringe vegetation
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
agriculture	81
hunting	80
nature conservation and research	25
tourism/recreation	10
urban/industrial/transport	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Uiterwaarden Zwarte Water & Vecht (Netherlands). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/uiterwaarden-zwarte-water-&-vecht-iba-netherlands on 25/12/2024.