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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1994	885 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1994	377 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	non-breeding	1994	2,600 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	non-breeding	1994	1,560 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1995	92 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1994	280 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1994	18,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1994	110 breeding pairs	B2
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1994	28-40 breeding pairs	C2, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	1994	20,000-49,999 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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	85	85	individuals	100	favourable
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	625	625	individuals	100	favourable
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	73	1	breeding pairs	2	very unfavourable
Common Crane Grus grus	4	4	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Common Crane Grus grus	143	143	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	174	174	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	172	96	breeding pairs	56	unfavourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	420	71	breeding pairs	17	very unfavourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	420	71	breeding pairs	17	very unfavourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	1,366	1,366	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus	60	54	individuals	90	near favourable
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	197	112	breeding pairs	57	unfavourable
Ruff Calidris pugnax	100	7	breeding pairs	8	very unfavourable
Dunlin Calidris alpina	130	48	breeding pairs	37	very unfavourable
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	15	2	breeding pairs	14	very unfavourable
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	100	18	breeding pairs	18	very unfavourable
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	52	52	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	132	84	breeding pairs	64	unfavourable
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	43	38	breeding pairs	89	near favourable
Circus cyaneus	29	29	individuals	100	favourable
Falco peregrinus	5	5	individuals	100	favourable

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
1977	Vejlerne and Logstor Bredning	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1983	Østlige Vejler	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	97
1998	Løgstør Bredning; Vejlerne og Bulbjerg	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	30
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
agriculture	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eastern part of Vejlerne (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eastern-part-of-vejlerne-iba-denmark on 22/11/2024.