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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
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1999	2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	LC	breeding	-	1-3 individuals	C6
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	LC	non-breeding	-	5-25 individuals	C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	non-breeding	-	20-30 individuals	C6
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	non-breeding	-	1-5 individuals	C6
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	non-breeding	-	1-10 individuals	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	non-breeding	-	1-2 individuals	C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	non-breeding	-	2-4 individuals	C6
Red Kite Milvus milvus	LC	breeding	-	1-2 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	breeding	-	4 breeding pairs	C6
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	LC	breeding	-	15-20 breeding pairs	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	breeding	-	2-4 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
-	Landschaftsschutzgebiete des Kreises Pinneberg	Landscape Protection Area	42
1969	LSG des Kreises Pinneberg	Landschaftschutzgebiet	43
1969	Klein Offenseth-Bokelsesser Moor/Offenau-Niederung	Landschaftschutzgebiet	35
1969	Mittlere Krückau	Landschaftschutzgebiet	17
1998	Mittlere Krückau	Landscape Protection Area	17
1998	Klein Offenseth-Bokelsesser Moor/Offenau Niederung	Landscape Protection Area	35
2004	Klein Offenseth-Bokelsesser Moor	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2004	Obere Krückau	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Upper and middle reaches of river Krückau with tributaries (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/upper-and-middle-reaches-of-river-krückau-with-tributaries-iba-germany on 23/11/2024.