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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	360 individuals	C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1990-1999	2,401 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1990-1999	8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1990-1999	26,020 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1990-1999	46 breeding pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1990-1999	26,020 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
1968	Emsaltwasser bei Vellage	Nature Reserve	2
1974	Emstal	Landscape Protection Area	47
1999	Ems	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	32
2001	Emstal von Lathen bis Papenburg	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	47
2008	Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage	Naturschutzgebiet	10
2011	Brualer Hammrich	Naturschutzgebiet	2
2012	Tunxdorf-Nenndorf-Rhede/Brook	Landschaftschutzgebiet	7
2012	Borsum-Heede-Schukenbrock	Landschaftschutzgebiet	6
2012	Rhede-Flaar	Landschaftschutzgebiet	4
2016	Natura 2000-Emsauen zwischen Salzbergen und Papenburg	Landscape Protection Area	26
2016	Emstal	Landschaftschutzgebiet	13

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Valley of River Ems (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/valley-of-river-ems-iba-germany on 22/11/2024.