Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 4,870 hectares (48.70 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2010 | very poor | not assessed | not assessed |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site description (2000 baseline)
Partially drained fjords with lakes, reedbeds, meadows and saltmarshes.
Key biodiversity
The IBA is an important staging area for Cygnus cygnus, C. columbianus and Anser fabalis (nationally important site). Several species listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive breed at the site including Botaurus stellaris, Circus aeruginosus, Porzana porzana, Recurvirostra avosetta, Philomachus pugnax, Sterna hirundo, S. paradisaea and Chlidonias niger.
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 23/12/2024.