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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Saltmarshes around Ho Bugt and freshwater-meadows along the River Varde å (the largest river system in western Jutland which has not been canalized). The meadows are intensively farmed with high fertilizer input and frequent harvesting.
More than 20,000 non-breeding waterbirds occur at the site, including
Anas penelope,
A. acuta and
Calidris alpina. Numbers of breeding meadow birds have decreased as a result of the intensification of farming practices.
Circus aeruginosus, C. cyaneus, C. pygargus, Recurvirostra avosetta and Luscinia svecica, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breed at the site.
National High
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ho Bugt meadows (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ho-bugt-meadows-iba-denmark on 23/01/2025.
