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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter (1997)	400–500 birds	B1i, B3, C2
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding (1997)	2,000–4,000 birds	B1i, C3
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	LC	resident (1997)	2–4 pairs	B2, C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Stigfjorden fjord	Nature Reserve (-)	72
1974	Råssö	Naturreservat (IV)	7
1975	Valön	Naturreservat (IV)	6
1980	Kälkerön	Naturreservat (V)	5
2008	Stigfjorden	Naturreservat (IV)	64
2008	Valön	Naturreservat (V)	4
2017	Svanvik	Naturreservat (V)	4

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	90
Grassland	10	Mesophile grasslands

Land use	% of IBA
water management	75
not utilised	15
agriculture	10
tourism/recreation	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fjord of Stig (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fjord-of-stig-iba-sweden on 23/12/2024.