Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) of estimate |
Population estimate |
IBA Criteria Triggered |
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus |
LC |
non-breeding |
1994 |
941 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
non-breeding |
1993 |
332 individuals |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
non-breeding |
1994 |
6,800 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
non-breeding |
1997 |
30,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna |
LC |
non-breeding |
1994 |
6,500 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
non-breeding |
1994 |
900 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding |
1994 |
248-482 breeding pairs |
B1i, B3, C2 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
passage |
1994 |
1,300 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria |
LC |
passage |
1994 |
25,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
passage |
1994 |
4,600 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
breeding |
1994 |
110-125 breeding pairs |
B2 |
Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
passage |
1994 |
21,300 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Dunlin Calidris alpina |
LC |
passage |
1994 |
62,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus |
LC |
passage |
1994 |
1,270 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
breeding |
1994 |
36-41 breeding pairs |
C2, C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
non-breeding |
- |
20,000-49,999 individuals |
A4iii, C4 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage |
1994 |
100,000-499,999 individuals |
A4iii, C4 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of
assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protected Area |
Designation |
Area (ha) |
Relationship with IBA |
Overlap with IBA (ha) |
Vidåen; Tøndermarsken og Saltvandssøen
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
6,498 |
protected area contained by site |
6,498 |
Vidå med tilløb; Rudbøl Sø og Magisterkogen
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
603 |
protected area overlaps with site |
351 |
Vadehavet med Ribe Å; Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
134,760 |
protected area overlaps with site |
814 |
Vadehavet med Ribe Å, Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) |
112,700 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Vadehavet
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance |
150,482 |
protected area overlaps with site |
6,520 |
Vadehavet
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
115,671 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Tøndermarsken Statsfredning
|
Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser |
2,490 |
protected area contained by site |
2,490 |
Tønder Kommune
|
§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) |
11,737 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
The Wadden Sea
|
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) |
1,143,403 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Nationalpark Vadehavet
|
Nationalpark |
146,600 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Margrethe Kog
|
Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser |
1,320 |
protected area contained by site |
1,245 |
Kiers Gård Margrethe Kog
|
Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser |
2 |
protected area contained by site |
2 |
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