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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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	1989	51,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter	1989	15,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1994	2,100 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	non-breeding	1994	4,800 individuals	B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding	1994	390 breeding pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1989	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

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)
Udsager Hage	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	5	protected area overlaps with site	0
Stavnsfjord and adjacent waters	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	15,695	protected area overlaps with site	15,294
Stavnsfjord	Major Conservation Area	16,320	protected area contains site	15,450
Stavns Fjord; Samsø Østerflak og Nordby Hede	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	15,663	is identical to site	15,450
Stavns Fjord and adjacent waters	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	15,533	is identical to site	15,450
Stavns Fjord and adjacent waters	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	15,663	is identical to site	0
Stavns Fjord & omgivende hav	Game Reserve	15,177	protected area contained by site	15,177
Stavns Fjord	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	15,467	is identical to site	15,450
Stavns Fjord	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1,525	protected area overlaps with site	0
Samsø Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	1,342	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest		-
Wetlands (inland)		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Stavnsfjord and adjacent waters. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/01/2022.