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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
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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Threats to the site (pressure)
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)
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

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
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)
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Horsens Fjord, Svanegrunden & Endelave. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/08/2022.