Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B3, C2, C3, C4 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 7,240 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2010 | not assessed | very unfavourable | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A large flat uncultivated island with saltmarshes surrounded by shallow sea with stony shoals, banks and mudflats; includes the largest area of saltmarsh in Denmark outside Jylland.
Key biodiversity
This is an important wintering site for Cygnus olor and breeding ground for gulls and terns. Several species listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breed at the site including Branta leucopsis, Recurvirostra avosetta, Philomachus pugnax, Sterna sandvicensis, S. hirundo, S. paradisaea and S. albifrons.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Saltholm. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 26/03/2023.
