Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Common Eider Somateria mollissima | NT | winter | 1993 | 22,150 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Greater Scaup Aythya marila | LC | winter | 1993 | 2,469 individuals | B1i, B2, C3 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | LC | breeding | 1996 | 4,320 breeding pairs | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica | NT | passage | 1993 | 1,600 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | unknown | 1993 | 20,000-49,999 individuals | A4iii, C4 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
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Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
2019 | very high | not assessed | not assessed |
Was the whole site covered? | No | State assessed by | unset |
Accuracy of information | - |
Threats to the site (pressure) | |||||
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Threat Level 1 | Threat Level 2 | Timing | Scope | Severity | Result |
Agricultural expansion and intensification | marine and freshwater aquaculture - scale unknown/unrecorded | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Human intrusions and disturbance | recreational activities | happening now | majority/most of area/population (50-90%) | very rapid to severe deterioration | very high |
Invasive and other problematic species and genes | invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - named species | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | moderate to rapid deterioration | high |
Invasive and other problematic species and genes | problematic native species/diseases - named species | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | moderate to rapid deterioration | high |
Natural system modifications | other ecosystem modifications | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Other | other threat | happening now | some of area/population (10-49%) | slow but significant deterioration | medium |
Conservation actions taken at site (response) | |||
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Conservation Designation | Management Planning | Conservation Action | Result |
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation | No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun | Some limited conservation initiatives are in place | not assessed |
Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Søvind Sondrup | Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser | 600 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Sondrup-Åkjær | Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser | 1,520 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Øvre Endelave | Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser | 168 | protected area contained by site | 168 |
Odder Kommune | §3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) | 1,091 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Horskær Gyllingnæs | Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser | 18 | protected area contained by site | 18 |
Horsens Kommmune | §3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) | 4,315 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
Horsens Fjord; havet øst for og Endelave | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 45,823 | protected area contains site | 42,880 |
Horsens Fjord, Svanegrunden & Endelave | Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) | 45,932 | protected area overlaps with site | 42,566 |
Horsens Fjord, Svanegrunden & Endelave | Major Conservation Area | 42,500 | protected area contained by site | 42,500 |
Horsens Fjord, sea east of and Endelave | Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM) | 42,560 | protected area contains site | 0 |
Horsens Fjord og Endelave | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 42,560 | protected area contained by site | 42,560 |
Horsens Fjord & Endelave | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 42,737 | is identical to site | 42,580 |
Hedensted Kommune | §3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) | 3,187 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Gersdorffslund | Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser | 77 | protected area contained by site | 77 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Sea | Sea inlets and coastal features | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
unknown | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Horsens Fjord, Svanegrunden & Endelave. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.