Islands and coast between Skælskør Fjord and Glænø (Denmark) IBA | Details

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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 internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	winter (1989)	2,440 birds	B1i, C3
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	passage (1989)	11,700 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (1988)	3,555 pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1988)	178–193 pairs	B3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (1988)	25 pairs	B2, C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding (1989)	306 pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding (1999)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii, C4

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 poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	2,315 / 2,315 (birds)	100	good
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	6,400 / 12,400 (birds)	52	poor
Melanitta fusca	35 / 3,000 (birds)	2	very poor
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	112 / 500 (birds)	23	very poor
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	5 / 5 (pairs)	100	good
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	1,740 / 5,263 (pairs)	34	very poor
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	4 / 4 (birds)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

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

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 23/12/2024.