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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	non-breeding	1991	3,818 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	breeding	1998	25 breeding pairs	C2
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	non-breeding	1991	2,616 individuals	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1993	201 breeding pairs	B3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding	1995	309 breeding pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Mergus serrator	Red-breasted Merganser	950	428	individuals	46	unfavourable
Anas crecca		3866	3375	individuals	88	near favourable
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	12590	10150	individuals	81	near favourable
Recurvirostra avosetta	Pied Avocet	289	200	breeding pairs	70	near favourable
Pluvialis apricaria	Eurasian Golden Plover	7600	7500	individuals	99	favourable
Calidris pugnax	Ruff	70	5	breeding pairs	8	very unfavourable
Calidris alpina	Dunlin	20	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable
Tringa totanus	Common Redshank	735	239	individuals	33	very unfavourable
Tringa glareola	Wood Sandpiper	200	68	individuals	34	very unfavourable
Larus ridibundus	Black-headed Gull	2250	1100	individuals	49	unfavourable
Larus argentatus		8300	2000	individuals	25	very unfavourable
Sternula albifrons	Little Tern	69	11	breeding pairs	16	very unfavourable
Hydroprogne caspia	Caspian Tern	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Sterna hirundo	Common Tern	40	6	breeding pairs	15	very unfavourable
Sterna paradisaea	Arctic Tern	264	140	breeding pairs	54	unfavourable
Asio flammeus	Short-eared Owl	2	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable
Circus aeruginosus	Western Marsh-harrier	16	8	breeding pairs	50	unfavourable
Circus cyaneus		11	11	individuals	100	favourable
Haliaeetus albicilla	White-tailed Sea-eagle	12	12	individuals	100	favourable
Falco columbarius	Merlin	7	6	individuals	86	near favourable
Falco peregrinus		4	4	individuals	100	favourable
Lanius collurio	Red-backed Shrike	56	15	individuals	27	very unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Waters around Saltholm	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	7,218	is identical to site	7,125
Saltholm og omliggende hav	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7,218	is identical to site	0
Saltholm og omliggende hav	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	7,218	is identical to site	7,218
Saltholm	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1,517	protected area contained by site	0
Saltholm	Major Conservation Area	1,600	protected area contained by site	1,600

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saltholm. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saltholm-iba-denmark on 05/12/2023.