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The site was identified as important in 2000 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	non-breeding	1993	430 individuals	B1i, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	non-breeding	1994	1,050 individuals	B1i, C3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1994	34-44 breeding pairs	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Anser anser	Greylag Goose	2200	2200	individuals	100	favourable
Podiceps auritus	Horned Grebe	7	5	individuals	72	near favourable
Botaurus stellaris	Eurasian Bittern	1	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Tved Plantage Nors Sø	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	2,273	protected area overlaps with site	0
Thisted Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	29,223	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nationalpark Thy	Nationalpark	24,400	protected area overlaps with site	0
Hanstholm Reserve	Major Conservation Area	4,800	protected area contained by site	4,800
Hanstholm Reservatet; Nors Sø og Vandet Sø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5,738	protected area contains site	5,110
Hanstholm Reservatet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5,115	protected area contains site	5,110
Hansted reservatet	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	3,398	protected area overlaps with site	0

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
forestry	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hanstholm Reservation. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hanstholm-reservation-iba-denmark on 03/12/2023.