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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	non-breeding	1991	3,818 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding	1998	25 breeding pairs	C2
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	non-breeding	1991	2,616 individuals	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1993	201 breeding pairs	B3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding	1995	309 breeding pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Waters around Saltholm	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	7,218	is identical to site	7,125
Saltholm og omliggende hav	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7,218	is identical to site	0
Saltholm og omliggende hav	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,218	is identical to site	7,218
Saltholm	Major Conservation Area	1,600	protected area contained by site	1,600
Saltholm	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1,517	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
unknown	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saltholm. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/3019 on 04/06/2023.