Hanstholm Reservation (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Hanstholm Reservation

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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	non-breeding (1993)	430 birds	B1i, C2
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	LC	non-breeding (1994)	1,050 birds	B1i, C3
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding (1994)	34–44 pairs	C6

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	very poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Greylag Goose Anser anser	2,200 / 2,200 (birds)	100	good
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	5 / 7 (birds)	72	moderate
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	0 / 1 (pairs)	0	very poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1972	Hansted reservatet	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (Ib)	65
1972	Hanstholm Reserve	Major Conservation Area (-)	94
1980	Tved Plantage Nors Sø	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (V)	32
1992	Thisted Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	67

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	50	Heathland
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Forestry plantations
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Wetlands (inland)	-	Blanket bogs

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100
forestry	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hanstholm Reservation (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hanstholm-reservation-iba-denmark on 23/12/2024.