Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2002 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 |
| Common Eider Somateria mollissima |
NT |
passage (1997) |
18,100 birds |
C3 |
| Common Eider Somateria mollissima |
NT |
winter (1987–1996) |
13,700 birds |
B1i |
| Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula |
LC |
winter (1997) |
31,400 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Greater Scaup Aythya marila |
LC |
passage (1997) |
11,400 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1992–1997) |
45,100 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage (1997) |
29,500 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
East- and south-east coast of Fehmarn |
Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA) |
34 |
| 1971 |
Insel Fehmarn
|
Landschaftschutzgebiet (V) |
1 |
| 1971 |
Insel Fehmarn
|
Landscape Protection Area (V) |
1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: East- and south-east coast of Fehmarn (Germany). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/east-and-south-east-coast-of-fehmarn-iba-germany on 28/12/2024.
