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The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	2007	350 individuals	C2
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	2007	1,500-3,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	2007	2,700-6,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Crane Grus grus	LC	winter	2007	550-720 individuals	B1i, C2
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	2007	4-6 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	2006-2007	2-10 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Föreningen Vendelsjön	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest, Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
not utilised	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Vendel. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-vendel-iba-sweden on 28/09/2023.