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Fjord of Båta


IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis LC passage (2006) 150 birds C2
Greylag Goose Anser anser LC passage (2006) 2,500 birds B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta LC breeding (2002) 48 pairs B3, C6
Dunlin Calidris alpina NT breeding (2006) 6 pairs C6

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Grassland 75 Mesophile grasslands
Marine Neritic 25

Land use

Land use % of IBA
agriculture 75


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fjord of Båta (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fjord-of-båta-iba-sweden on 24/12/2024.