Hovvig (Denmark) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Hovvig

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
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	non-breeding	-	2,400 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	passage	1994	600 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1994	882 breeding pairs	B1i, C3

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	very unfavourable	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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	483	483	individuals	100	favourable
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	168	41	individuals	25	very unfavourable
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	1,784	1,083	breeding pairs	61	unfavourable

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
1964	Hov Vig	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	47
1983	Hov Vig	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Odsherred Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	72
2009	Hov Vig	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		60
Grassland	Humid grasslands	40

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	70
agriculture	30
tourism/recreation	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Hovvig (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/hovvig-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.