• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Eurasian Pygmy-owl Glaucidium passerinum	LC	resident	1996	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	breeding	1996	6-10 breeding pairs	C6
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1996	10-20 breeding pairs	C6

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1992	Spjutholmen	Naturreservat	1
1995	Båtfors	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14
1996	Spjutholmen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1996	Spjutholmen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1
1996	Untra	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
1997	Biotopskydd 1997:306	Biotopskyddsområde	<1
1997	Biotopskydd 1997:303	Biotopskyddsområde	<1
1997	Biotopskydd 1997:305	Biotopskyddsområde	<1
1997	Biotopskydd 1997:253	Biotopskyddsområde	<1
1997	Biotopskydd 1997:304	Biotopskyddsområde	-
1997	Bredfors	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1998	Tjursöarkipelagen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	18
1999	Bredforsen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2002	Hedesunda	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2
2003	Kvarnön	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
2006	Båtfors	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	14
2008	Kvillanudden	Naturreservat	<1
2011	Bredforsen	Naturreservat	2
2013	Biotopskydd 2012:695	Biotopskyddsområde	<1
2014	Bredforsen	Naturreservat	3
2017	Båtfors	Naturreservat	14

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	60
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland, Mixed woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	40

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	40

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Båtfors – Bredfors (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/båtfors-–-bredfors-iba-sweden on 23/11/2024.