Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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 |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
winter (2000–2006) |
2,500 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
winter (2000–2007) |
170 birds |
C2 |
| Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
winter (2000–2006) |
60,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
winter (2000–2006) |
5,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C3 |
| Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
LC |
winter (2000–2006) |
75 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
LC |
resident (2000–2007) |
14 birds |
C6 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1989 |
Strandstuviken
|
Naturreservat (V) |
43 |
Local Conservation Groups
The Local Conservation Group(s) listed below are working to conserve this IBA.
| Name |
Year formed |
| Fågelföreningen Tärnan |
0 |
For more information on BirdLife's work with Local Conservation Groups, please visit
Spotlight on local empowerment.
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
75 |
|
| Forest |
15 |
Mixed woodland |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
10 |
Arable land |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
45 |
| tourism/recreation |
30 |
| forestry |
15 |
| agriculture |
10 |
| hunting |
5 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bay of Strandstugu (Sweden). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bay-of-strandstugu-iba-sweden on 26/12/2024.
