Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
Subnational region(s): Storstrøms Amtskommune
IBA Justification: A4i, B1i, C3 (2000)
Area: 4,390 hectares (43.90 km2)
BirdLife Partner(s): Dansk Ornitologisk Forening
| Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2010 | very unfavourable | not assessed | not assessed |
Site description (2000 baseline)
A shallow sea area with several cultivated and inhabitated islands and some uninhabited islets with forest, reedbeds and saltmarshes. The majority of forest is plantation, however, tiny but valuable patches of old-growth forest occur. Marine areas surrounding this IBA (and previously included within it following Grimmett and Jones 1989) are included in Smålandsfarvandet (site 118).
Key biodiversity
Several species listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive breed at the site, including Circus aeruginosus, Recurvirostra avosetta, Philomachus pugnax, Sterna hirundo, S. paradisaea and S. albifrons.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Islands in Smålandshavet, north of Lolland (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/islands-in-smålandshavet-north-of-lolland-iba-denmark on 20/01/2025.