Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA Criteria met: A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C3, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 2,890 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 |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A large, shallow freshwater lake with associated grazed meadows and reedbeds and a small river valley.
Key biodiversity
An important staging area for Cygnus columbianus. Lower numbers of swans Cygnus recorded in recent years may be due to changes in census timings. Botaurus stellaris, Circus aeruginosus, Recurvirostra avosetta and Sterna albifrons, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breed at the site. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (non-breeding).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Tissø, Lille Åmose and Hallenslev Mose. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 21/01/2021.
