Data Zone
Country/territory: Sweden
IBA Criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 6,200 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2018 | medium | favourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A shallow bay in the straits of öresund, situated to the north of a new bridge linking Sweden and Denmark. The beaches are of sand and clay.
Key biodiversity
This is an important site for wintering wildfowl, breeding and passage waders, and both wintering and passage gulls.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lomma Bight. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 25/02/2020.
