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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Bog areas with freshwater ponds, marshes, grazed meadows, cultivated land and woodland (including conifer plantations, areas colonized with
Betula,
Salix and
Alnus and small areas of
Fagus). Formerly most of the area was one large raised bog; the ponds are the result of the former extraction of peat.
Significant numbers (but below criteria thresholds) of wintering geese
Anser fabalis and
A. anser, and raptors
Pernis apivorus and
Circus aeruginosus use the site.
Pernis apivorus and
Circus aeruginosus,listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breed at the site.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
There is high hunting pressure.
National Partial
International High1,900 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Holmegårdsmose and Porsmose, 1,900 ha).
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.
