Hostrup Sø, Assenholm Mose and Felsted Vestermark (Denmark)

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Hostrup Sø, Assenholm Mose and Felsted Vestermark

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
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	LC	resident	1996	1 breeding pairs	C6

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
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	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	Hostrup Sø; Assenholm Mose og Felsted Vestermark	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	95
1990	Bjergskov og Hostrup Krat, Feldsted Vestermark	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1
1992	Aabenraa Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	4
1998	Hostrup Sø; Assenholm Mose og Felsted Vestermark	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	96

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	30
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater	30
Grassland	Humid grasslands	25
Shrubland	Heathland	15

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	45
military	30
agriculture	20
forestry	15

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hostrup Sø, Assenholm Mose and Felsted Vestermark (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hostrup-sø-assenholm-mose-and-felsted-vestermark-iba-denmark on 24/11/2024.