Arreskov Sø (Denmark) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Arreskov Sø

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') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1997	1 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	very unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	3	3	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	17	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable
European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1900	Arreskov Sø	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	100
1983	Arreskov Sø	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	3
1998	Arreskov Sø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	72

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	70
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	15
Forest		15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	70
forestry	15
agriculture	15

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Arreskov Sø (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/arreskov-sø-iba-denmark on 24/11/2024.