Data Zone
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 | winter | 1995 | 885 individuals | A4i, B1i, C2 |
| Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula | LC | non-breeding | 1988 | 5,000-6,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Common Pochard Aythya ferina | VU | non-breeding | 1988 | 2,000-4,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
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.
| IBA conservation assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | State | Pressure | Response |
| 2010 | unfavourable | not assessed | not assessed |
| Whole site assessed? | State assessed by | Accuracy of information | |
| yes | population | good | |
| State (condition of the trigger species' populations) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | Reference | Actual | Units | % remaining | Result |
| Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus | 69 | 69 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna | 450 | 450 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Eurasian Coot Fulica atra | 15,000 | 9,400 | individuals | 63 | unfavourable |
| Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris | 1 | 1 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
| Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria | 4,000 | 4,000 | individuals | 100 | favourable |
| Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | 2 | 2 | breeding pairs | 100 | favourable |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hjarbæk Fjord og Simested Fjord | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 99 |
| 1992 | Viborg Kommune | §3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) | 1 |
| 1998 | Lovns Bredning; Hjarbæk Fjord og Skals, Simested og Nørre Ådal, Skravad Bæk | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 93 |
| Habitat1 | Habitat detail | % of IBA |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | 5 |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | major (>10) | |
| Marine Intertidal | - |
| Land use | % of IBA |
|---|---|
| unknown | 75 |
| agriculture | 25 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hjarbæk Fjord (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hjarbæk-fjord-iba-denmark on 22/11/2024.