BirdLife Data Zone

SE082

Bay of Strandstugu

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	2000-2006	2,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	2000-2007	170 individuals	C2
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	winter	2000-2006	60,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter	2000-2006	5,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	winter	2000-2006	75 individuals	B1i, C2
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	2000-2007	14 individuals	C6

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Strandstuviken	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	990	protected area contained by site	0
Strandstuviken	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	990	protected area contained by site	989
Strandstuviken	Naturreservat	989	protected area contained by site	997

Local Conservation Groups

The Local Conservation Groups listed below are working to support conservation at this IBA.

Name	Year formed
Fågelföreningen Tärnan	0

For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please click here.

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Forest	Mixed woodland	-
Marine Neritic		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bay of Strandstugu. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bay-of-strandstugu-iba-sweden on 09/12/2023.