Zoommeer (Netherlands) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Zoommeer

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	winter	2011-2015	391 individuals	B2
Gadwall Mareca strepera	LC	non-breeding	2011-2015	1,143-1,673 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding	2011-2015	1 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2016. The most recent assessment (2017) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2017	favourable	not assessed	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Gadwall Mareca strepera	180	1,143	individuals	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Unknown	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1989	Zoommeer-Eendracht	Natural Monument	21
2000	Zoommeer	Natuurbeschermingswet	100
2000	Zoommeer	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
2000	Zoommeer	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		82
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	18

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
water management	100
tourism/recreation	80
fisheries/aquaculture	70
nature conservation and research	24
urban/industrial/transport	20
hunting	20
agriculture	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Zoommeer (Netherlands). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/zoommeer-iba-netherlands on 22/11/2024.