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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter (1990–1999)	360 birds	C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter (1990–1999)	2,401 birds	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter (1990–1999)	8,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage (1990–1999)	26,020 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding (1990–1999)	46 pairs	A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1990–1999)	26,020 birds	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1968	Emsaltwasser bei Vellage	Nature Reserve (IV)	2
1974	Emstal	Landscape Protection Area (V)	47
2008	Emsauen zwischen Herbrum und Vellage	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	10
2011	Brualer Hammrich	Naturschutzgebiet (IV)	2
2012	Tunxdorf-Nenndorf-Rhede/Brook	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	7
2012	Borsum-Heede-Schukenbrock	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	6
2012	Rhede-Flaar	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	4
2016	Natura 2000-Emsauen zwischen Salzbergen und Papenburg	Landscape Protection Area (V)	26
2016	Emstal	Landschaftschutzgebiet (V)	13

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

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 23/12/2024.