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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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage	1994	1,160 individuals	B1i, C3

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
Mergus serrator	Red-breasted Merganser	700	175	individuals	25	very unfavourable
Tadorna tadorna	Common Shelduck	2850	860	individuals	31	very unfavourable
Pluvialis apricaria	Eurasian Golden Plover	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Limosa lapponica	Bar-tailed Godwit	5000	940	individuals	19	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)
Thisted Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	29,223	protected area overlaps with site	0
Nissum Bredning with Harboore and Agger Tange	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	12,786	protected area contains site	5,490
Nissum Bredning	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	13,562	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Nationalpark Thy	Nationalpark	24,400	protected area overlaps with site	0
Hvidbjerg Å; Ove Sø og Ørum Sø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,572	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Agger Tange; Nissum Bredning, Skibsted Fjord og Agerø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	25,583	protected area contains site	5,490
Agger Tange, Nissum Bredning, Skibsted Fjord og Agerø	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	22,700	protected area overlaps with site	0
Agger Tange	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5,453	is identical to site	5,453
Agger Tange	Major Conservation Area	6,100	protected area contains site	5,490

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Agger Tange and Krik Vig. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/agger-tange-and-krik-vig-iba-denmark on 25/09/2023.