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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
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	1994	5-7 breeding pairs	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)
Skjern Å	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2,580	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	24,535	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Borris Skydeterræn	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1,769	protected area contained by site	1,830
Borris Hede	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4,758	protected area contained by site	4,679
Borris Hede	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,750	protected area contained by site	4,674

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
military	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Borris Hede. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/03/2023.