Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, C2, C4 (2000)
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Area: 2,700 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2010 | not assessed | very unfavourable | not assessed |
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Site description
Saltmarshes around Ho Bugt and freshwater-meadows along the River Varde å (the largest river system in western Jutland which has not been canalized). The meadows are intensively farmed with high fertilizer input and frequent harvesting.
Key biodiversity
More than 20,000 non-breeding waterbirds occur at the site, including Anas penelope, A. acuta and Calidris alpina. Numbers of breeding meadow birds have decreased as a result of the intensification of farming practices. Circus aeruginosus, C. cyaneus, C. pygargus, Recurvirostra avosetta and Luscinia svecica, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breed at the site.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ho Bugt meadows. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 09/12/2019.
