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Hjarbæk Fjord


IBA Justification

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 Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus LC winter 1995 885 individuals A4i, B1i, C2
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC non-breeding 1988 5,000-6,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Common Pochard Aythya ferina VU non-breeding 1988 2,000-4,000 individuals B1i, C3

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


IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2010 unfavourable not assessed not assessed
Was the whole site assessed? State assessed by Accuracy of information
yes population good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name Common name Reference population Actual population Units % of population remaining Result
Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan 69 69 individuals 100 favourable
Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck 450 450 individuals 100 favourable
Fulica atra Common Coot 15000 9400 individuals 63 unfavourable
Botaurus stellaris Eurasian Bittern 1 1 breeding pairs 100 favourable
Pluvialis apricaria Eurasian Golden Plover 4000 4000 individuals 100 favourable
Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh-harrier 2 2 breeding pairs 100 favourable

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

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Viborg Kommune §3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) 16,861 protected area overlaps with site 0
Lovns Bredning; Hjarbæk Fjord og Skals, Simested og Nørre Ådal, Skravad Bæk Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 23,513 protected area overlaps with site 3,958
Lovns Bredning Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 7,513 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Hjarbæk Fjord og Simested Fjord Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 4,234 protected area contained by site 4,234

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable land -
Marine Intertidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hjarbæk Fjord. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hjarbæk-fjord-iba-denmark on 19/03/2024.