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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	non-breeding	1994	9,757 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1994	1,746 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	600	350	individuals	59	unfavourable
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	5,000	755	individuals	16	very unfavourable
Goosander Mergus merganser	1,130	295	individuals	27	very unfavourable
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	6,930	600	individuals	9	very unfavourable
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	90	90	individuals	100	favourable
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	280	280	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	25,000	4,350	individuals	18	very unfavourable
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	1,943	429	breeding pairs	23	very unfavourable
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	1	1	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Smälandsfarvandet	National Nature Area	-
1977	Waters southeast of Fejo and Femo Islands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1983	Smålandshavet nord for Lolland	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93
1992	Lolland Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	<1
1998	Smålandsfarvandet nord for Lolland; Guldborg Sund, Bøtø Nor, Hyllekrog-Rødsand	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	91
2005	Smålandsfarvandet: North of Lolland, Guldborg Sund, Bøtø Nor and Hyllekrog-Rødsand	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	45
Forest		5
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
unknown	30
forestry	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) 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 23/11/2024.