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

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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	2,200	2,200	individuals	100	favourable
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	7	5	individuals	72	near favourable
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	1	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable

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
1972	Hansted reservatet	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	65
1972	Hanstholm Reserve	Major Conservation Area	94
1980	Tved Plantage Nors Sø	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	32
1983	Hanstholm Reservatet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Thisted Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	67
1998	Hanstholm Reservatet; Nors Sø og Vandet Sø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2008	Nationalpark Thy	Nationalpark	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Heathland	50
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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

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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 22/11/2024.