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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1990-1999	500 individuals	B1i, B3, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,900 individuals	B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	winter	1990-1999	16,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	winter	1990-1999	4,000-8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,100-4,765 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	winter	1990-1999	4,370-10,880 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	VU	winter	1990-1999	5,000-10,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1990-1999	1,000-1,400 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,500 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1990-1999	300-400 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1990-1999	37,370-56,945 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
1962	Haffküste	Landschaftschutzgebiet	2
1967	Anklamer Stadtbruch	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1971	Inseln Böhmke und Werder	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1990	Altwarper Binnendünen, Neuwarper See und Riether Werder	Naturschutzgebiet	1
1994	Südspitze Gnitz	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1995	Großer Wotig	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1996	Insel Usedom mit Festlandgürtel	Landschaftschutzgebiet	62
1996	Unteres Peenetal und Peene-Haff (Vorpommern-Greifswald)	Landschaftschutzgebiet	3
1996	Halbinsel Cosim	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
1999	Insel Usedom	Nature Park	62
2001	Insel Görmitz	Naturschutzgebiet	<1
2004	Peeneunterlauf; Peenestrom, Achterwasser und Kleines Haff	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	86
2004	Altwarper Binnendünen; Neuwarper See und Riether Werder	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
2005	Am Stettiner Haff	Nature Park	2
2008	Kleines Haff; Neuwarper See und Riether Werder	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	58
2008	Peenestrom und Achterwasser	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	29
2008	Süd-Usedom	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
2008	Peenetallandschaft	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Usedom lagoon (Peenestrom, Achterwasser, Kleines Haff with Neuwarper See) (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/usedom-lagoon-(peenestrom-achterwasser-kleines-haff-with-neuwarper-see)-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.