Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA criteria met: A4i, B1i, C2, C3 (2000)
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Area: 4,260 hectares (42.60 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2010 | poor | not assessed | not assessed |
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Site description (2000 baseline)
A shallow brackish water arm of the Limfjord, separated from the main fjord by a road embankment and bordered by coastal saltmarshes and agricultural areas.
Key biodiversity
The most recent data available for many non-breeding birds date from 1987 and 1988 when more than 20,000 waterbirds occurred at the site. Philomachus pugnax and Recurvirostra avosetta, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, bred at the IBA in 1983.
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 23/12/2024.