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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2014

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	passage	2004-2014	300-1,800 individuals	A1
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	non-breeding	2004-2013	1,000-2,000 individuals	B1i
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	passage	2004-2013	15,000 individuals	B1i

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - unspecified species	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Pollution	garbage & solid waste	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Clangula hyemalis	Long-tailed Duck	1800	1200	individuals	67	unfavourable
Mergus merganser	Goosander	2000	1000	individuals	50	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ytre Syltevika	Naturreservat	846	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sandfjordneset	Naturreservat	49	protected area contained by site	0
Persfjorden-Syltefjorden	Landskapsvernområde	24,753	protected area overlaps with site	0
Barvikmyran og Blodskytodden	Naturreservat	2,649	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		-
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Sand dunes and beaches	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Persfjorden - Hamningberg. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/05/2022.