Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA Criteria met: A4i, B1i, B1ii, B2, B3, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 220 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2010 | very high | favourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The IBA comprises stony islets and an area of saltmarsh between Frederikshavn and Strandby. Only the main island of Hirsholm is inhabited. Marine areas surrounding this IBA (and previously included within it, following Grimmett and Jones 1989) are now included in site 119.
Key biodiversity
This is an important area for breeding gulls and terns including Sterna sandvicensis, S. hirundo and S. paradisaea, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Hirsholmene. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 29/03/2023.
