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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	1996	224 individuals	B3, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	winter	1996	1,642 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	passage	1996	1,000-2,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1996	20-40 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1996	5,000-10,000 individuals	B1i, C2
Larus argentatus	NR	winter	1996	10,000-15,000 individuals	B1i
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1996	5 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

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Salvikens strandängar	Nature Reserve	135	protected area contained by site	38
Lommaområdet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	472	protected area contained by site	248
Lommabukten	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	220	protected area contained by site	220
Löddeåns mynning (södra)	Nature Reserve	155	protected area contained by site	172
Löddeåns mynning (norra)	Nature Reserve	194	protected area contained by site	46
Löddeåns mynning	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,842	protected area contained by site	484
Loddeaas mynning (norra)	Nature Reserve	196	protected area contained by site	196
Bay of Lommabukten	Nature Reserve	0	protected area contained by site	450

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	-
Sea	Open Sea, Sea inlets and coastal features	-
Artificial - terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Urban parks and gardens	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches, Mud flats & sand flats	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
agriculture	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lomma Bight. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/07/2019.