Islands and coast between Skælskør Fjord and Glænø (Denmark)

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Islands and coast between Skælskør Fjord and Glænø

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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter	1989	2,440 individuals	B1i, C3
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage	1989	11,700 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1988	3,555 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1988	178-193 breeding pairs	B3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1988	25 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding	1989	306 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1999	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	2,315	2,315	individuals	100	favourable
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	12,400	6,400	individuals	52	unfavourable
Melanitta fusca	3,000	35	individuals	2	very unfavourable
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	500	112	individuals	23	very unfavourable
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	5	5	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	5,263	1,740	breeding pairs	34	very unfavourable
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	4	4	individuals	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
1977	Waters South of Zealand,Skælskor Fjord, Glæno and adjacent wetlands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1977	Karrebæk, Dybso and Avno Fjords	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1983	Farvandet mellem Skælskør Fjord og Glænø	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1998	Skælskør Fjord og havet og kysten mellem Agersø og Glænø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	80
2005	Smålandsfarvandet: Slælskør Fjord and the sea and coast between Agersø and Glænø	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	60
Forest		10
Grassland	Humid grasslands	5
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	70
unknown	20
forestry	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands and coast between Skælskør Fjord and Glænø (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-and-coast-between-skælskør-fjord-and-glænø-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.