Islands in Smålandshavet, north of Lolland (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Islands in Smålandshavet, north of Lolland

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

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
Bean Goose Anser fabalis	350 / 600 (birds)	59	poor
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	755 / 5,000 (birds)	16	very poor
Goosander Mergus merganser	295 / 1,130 (birds)	27	very poor
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	600 / 6,930 (birds)	9	very poor
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	90 / 90 (birds)	100	good
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	280 / 280 (birds)	100	good
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	4,350 / 25,000 (birds)	18	very poor
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	429 / 1,943 (pairs)	23	very poor
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	1 / 1 (pairs)	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Smälandsfarvandet	National Nature Area (-)	-
1992	Lolland Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	<1

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
unknown	30
forestry	10

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 23/12/2024.