Ballum og Husum Enge, Kamper strandenge (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Ballum og Husum Enge, Kamper strandenge

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	passage (1989)	5,050 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage (1989)	2,200 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	passage (1989)	7,200 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	passage (1989)	4,165 birds	B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage (1989)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii, C4

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 poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	650 / 650 (birds)	100	good
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	21 / 60 (pairs)	35	very poor
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	30,628 / 30,628 (birds)	100	good
Ruff Calidris pugnax	2 / 35 (pairs)	6	very poor
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	14 / 14 (pairs)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1979	Vadehavet	Wildlife Reserve (-)	100

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	85	Humid grasslands
Unknown	15

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	85
unknown	15

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ballum og Husum Enge, Kamper strandenge (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ballum-og-husum-enge-kamper-strandenge-iba-denmark on 23/12/2024.