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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	non-breeding	1983	1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	non-breeding	1989	320 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	non-breeding	1983	3,750 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	non-breeding	-	4,445 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	non-breeding	1989	4,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1994	770 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	1983	6,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	non-breeding	1983	15,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	breeding	1995	800-1,200 breeding pairs	B2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1994	1,050 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, 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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Other	other threat	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Branta leucopsis	Barnacle Goose	10000	10000	individuals	100	favourable
Anser anser	Greylag Goose	4500	4500	individuals	100	favourable
Mergus serrator	Red-breasted Merganser	1900	18	individuals	1	very unfavourable
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	770	93	breeding pairs	13	very unfavourable
Charadrius alexandrinus		7	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable
Larus ridibundus	Black-headed Gull	8000	5000	individuals	63	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Nissum Fjord	Wildlife Reserve	7,000	protected area contained by site	7,208
Nissum Fjord	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	6,400	protected area contained by site	0
Nissum Fjord	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10,967	protected area contained by site	10,890
Nissum Fjord	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	10,906	protected area contained by site	10,890
Nissum Fjord	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	10,952	protected area overlaps with site	10,890
Lemvig Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	5,946	protected area overlaps with site	0
Krogshede Enge	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	222	protected area contained by site	0
Holstebro Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	9,376	protected area overlaps with site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Nissum Fjord. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 02/04/2023.