Holmegård Mose & Porsmose (Denmark) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Holmegård Mose & Porsmose

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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	1994	150 individuals	C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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	favourable	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
Corncrake Crex crex	21	21	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1983	Holmegårds Mose og Porsmose	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1987	Holmegårds Mose	Major Conservation Area	17
1991	Sønderskov Overdrev	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1
1998	Holmegårds Mose	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	16
1998	Suså med Tystrup-Bavelse Sø og Slagmosen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	13
2009	Holmegaards Mose	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	-

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs	55
Forest		35
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
agriculture	15
forestry	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Holmegård Mose & Porsmose (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/holmegård-mose-&-porsmose-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.