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Wismar bay and Salzhaff


IBA Justification

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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor LC winter (1990–1999) 5,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC winter (1990–1999) 1,500 birds A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus LC winter (1990–1999) 300 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC winter (1990–1999) 500 birds C6
Greylag Goose Anser anser LC winter (1990–1999) 9,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis LC winter (1990–1999) 10,000 birds B1i, C3
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons LC winter (1990–1999) 40,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima NT winter (1990–1999) 45,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC winter (1990–1999) 5,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus LC winter (1990–1999) 300 birds B1i, C2
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator LC winter (1990–1999) 2,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina VU winter (1990–1999) 6,500 birds B1i, C3
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula LC winter (1990–1999) 30,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC winter (1990–1999) 45,000 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata LC passage (1990–1999) 400 birds B1i, C3
Gadwall Mareca strepera LC winter (1990–1999) 300 birds B1i, C3
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope LC winter (1990–1999) 15,000 birds B1i, C3
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus VU winter (1990–1999) 150 birds B1i, C2, C6
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra LC winter (1990–1999) 45,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo LC winter (1990–1999) 2,000 birds B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC breeding (1990–1999) 10 pairs C6
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus LC breeding (1990–1999) 5 pairs C6
Mew Gull Larus canus LC breeding (1990–1999) 3,500 pairs B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding (1990–1999) 30 pairs B2, C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea LC breeding (1990–1999) 80 pairs C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding (1990–1999) 100 pairs B2, C6
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla LC breeding (1990–1999) 7 pairs A1, C1
Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia LC breeding (1990–1999) 5,000 pairs B2
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria LC breeding (1990–1999) 100 pairs C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (1990–1999) 262,550 birds A4iii, C4

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1937 Insel Langenwerder Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1938 Wallensteingraben (Hansestadt Wismar) Landscape Protection Area (V) <1
1938 Wallensteingraben (Nordwestmecklenburg) Landscape Protection Area (V) <1
1939 Boiensdorfer Werder Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) <1
1966 Wallensteingraben Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 1
1971 Rustwerder Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1984 Fauler See - Rustwerder/Poel Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1993 Tarnewitzer Huk Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1995 Teichgebiet Wismar-Kluß Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
1995 Küstenlandschaft Wismar-West Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) <1
1997 Wustrow Naturschutzgebiet (IV) 2
1998 Salzhaff Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 5
1998 Hellbachtal Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) <1
2000 Kühlung Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 1
2003 Santower See Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
2006 Diedrichshäger Land Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) 1
2010 Riedensee Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1
2010 Insel Walfisch Naturschutzgebiet (IV) <1


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Wismar bay and Salzhaff (Germany). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/wismar-bay-and-salzhaff-iba-germany on 23/12/2024.