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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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1997-2000	500-1,000 individuals	C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	passage	1997-2000	20,000-35,000 individuals	C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons	LC	passage	1997-2000	3,500 individuals	C3
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	LC	breeding	1997-2000	58-119 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding	1997-2000	23-27 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
1958	Velencei madárrezervátum	Természetvédelmi Terület	21
1966	Dinnyési Fertő	Természetvédelmi Terület	27
1979	Velence and Dinnyés Nature Conservation Area	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	49
2004	Velencei-tó és Dinnyési-Fertő	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	91
2004	Velencei-tó	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	55

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	70
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations, Other urban and industrial areas	20
Grassland	Humid grasslands	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
water management	70
tourism/recreation	40
nature conservation and research	30
other	25
agriculture	15

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Velence Lake–Dinnyés Lake (Hungary). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/velence-lake–dinnyés-lake-iba-hungary on 22/11/2024.