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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 List1 Season Year(s) 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

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2002) may differ.


IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation % overlap with IBA
1937 Insel Langenwerder Naturschutzgebiet <1
1938 Wallensteingraben (Nordwestmecklenburg) Landscape Protection Area <1
1938 Wallensteingraben (Hansestadt Wismar) Landscape Protection Area <1
1939 Boiensdorfer Werder Landschaftschutzgebiet <1
1966 Wallensteingraben Landschaftschutzgebiet 1
1971 Rustwerder Naturschutzgebiet <1
1984 Fauler See - Rustwerder/Poel Naturschutzgebiet <1
1993 Tarnewitzer Huk Naturschutzgebiet <1
1995 Teichgebiet Wismar-Kluß Naturschutzgebiet <1
1995 Küstenlandschaft Wismar-West Landschaftschutzgebiet <1
1997 Wustrow Naturschutzgebiet 2
1998 Salzhaff Landschaftschutzgebiet 5
1998 Hellbachtal Landschaftschutzgebiet <1
2000 Kühlung Landschaftschutzgebiet 1
2003 Santower See Naturschutzgebiet <1
2004 Wismarbucht Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 23
2004 Küste Klützer Winkel und Ufer von Dassower See und Trave Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 2
2004 Kleingewässerlandschaft westlich von Dorf Mecklenburg Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1
2004 Santower See Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) <1
2004 Riedensee Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) <1
2004 Jameler Wald; Tressower See und Moorsee Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1
2004 Gehöft Gagzow Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) <1
2004 Wald- und Kleingewässerlandschaft Everstorf Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 1
2004 Wismar-Müggenburg; Tischlerei Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) <1
2006 Diedrichshäger Land Landschaftschutzgebiet 1
2007 Wismarbucht und Salzhaff Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 42
2007 Erweiterung Wismarbucht Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 3
2010 Riedensee Naturschutzgebiet <1
2010 Insel Walfisch Naturschutzgebiet <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 03/12/2024.