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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
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter	1993	190,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena	LC	non-breeding	1993	1,850 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	winter	1993	10,000-19,999 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica	LC	winter	1993	10,000-19,999 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	winter	1993	2,900 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	winter	1993	37,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage	1993	6,700 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1993	100,000-499,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

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

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Melanitta nigra	215,000	37,553	individuals	18	very unfavourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1983	Sydlige Nordsø	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	43
1983	Vadehavet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
1983	Fanø	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
1987	Vadehavet	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	8
1998	Vadehavet med Ribe Å; Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	8
2004	Sydlige Nordsø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	43
2007	Sydlige Nordsø	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	43
2009	The Wadden Sea	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	-
2009	Vadehavet med Ribe Å, Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	8
2010	Nationalpark Vadehavet	Nationalpark	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern German Bight (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-german-bight-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.