BirdLife Data Zone

DK073

Vresen and sea area between Fyn and Langeland

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	1993	7,000 individuals	B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	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).

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)	State (condition)	Pressure (threat)	Response (action)
2009	very unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Was the whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Somateria mollissima	Common Eider	30940	7000	individuals	23	very unfavourable
Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	48	45	breeding pairs	94	favourable

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

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Vresen og havet mellem Fyn og Langeland	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3,513	is identical to site	3,470
Vresen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	62,047	protected area contains site	3,470
Centrale Storebælt og Vresen	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	62,336	protected area contains site	0

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-

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

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
unknown	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vresen and sea area between Fyn and Langeland. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vresen-and-sea-area-between-fyn-and-langeland-iba-denmark on 05/10/2023.