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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1997	400-500 individuals	B1i, B3, C2
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding	1997	2,000-4,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident	1997	2-4 breeding pairs	B2, C6

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Valöns västsida	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	4	protected area contained by site	0
Valön	Naturreservat	265	protected area contained by site	265
Valön	Naturreservat	413	protected area contained by site	0
Svanvik	Naturreservat	291	protected area overlaps with site	300
Sundsby	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	363	protected area overlaps with site	160
Store Röd	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	9	protected area contained by site	0
Stora Friskär	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	2	protected area contained by site	0
Stigfjorden fjord	Nature Reserve	8,539	protected area overlaps with site	5,000
Stigfjorden	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,837	protected area overlaps with site	4,837
Stigfjorden	Naturreservat	6,730	protected area overlaps with site	0
Stigfjorden	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,837	protected area overlaps with site	0
Stigfjorden	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	6,940	is identical to site	6,900
Råssö	Naturreservat	488	protected area contained by site	469
Lilla Friskär	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	1	protected area contained by site	0
Lars holme	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	2	protected area contained by site	0
Krokholmen	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	7	protected area contained by site	0
Käringsholmen	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	5	protected area contained by site	0
Kälkerön	Naturreservat	356	protected area contained by site	350
Halsefjorden	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,212	protected area overlaps with site	703
Halsefjorden	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,212	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ärholmen, Visiteringarna, Skansen	Djur- och växtskyddsområde	31	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	-
Sea	Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Marine Neritic		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-
agriculture	-
water management	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Fjord of Stig. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/02/2023.