Hjelm (Denmark) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

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Hjelm

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
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	breeding (1996)	2,000 pairs	B2

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
Mew Gull Larus canus	238 / 2,000 (pairs)	12	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

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	50
Grassland	35
Artificial/Terrestrial	10	Forestry plantations; Urban parks and gardens
Forest	5

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hjelm (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hjelm-iba-denmark on 22/12/2024.