Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
passage (1980–1988) |
1,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
breeding (1980–1988) |
2,600 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
passage (1990–1997) |
60,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis |
VU |
winter (1993) |
164,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Eider Somateria mollissima |
NT |
breeding (1980–1988) |
10,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Smew Mergellus albellus |
LC |
winter (1999) |
1–460 birds |
B1i, C2 |
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
winter (1999) |
4,050–10,290 birds |
B1i, C3 |
Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
winter (1999) |
70–4,520 birds |
B1i, C3 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (1980–1988) |
450 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6 |
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
LC |
breeding (1980–1988) |
1,000 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres |
NT |
breeding (1980–1988) |
500 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (1980–1988) |
250 pairs |
B1i, B2, C6 |
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
LC |
breeding (1980–1988) |
20 pairs |
B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
Grassland |
minor (<10) |
|
Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
Land use |
% of IBA |
agriculture |
- |
military |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Coastal area of Eastern Gotland (Sweden). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/coastal-area-of-eastern-gotland-iba-sweden on 23/12/2024.