Kallesmærsk Hede, Grærup Langsø and surrounding areas (Denmark)

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Kallesmærsk Hede, Grærup Langsø and surrounding areas

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

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
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	5	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	7	7	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1965	Grærup Langsø	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	4
1983	Kallesmærsk Hede og Grærup Langsø	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Varde Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	17
1998	Kallesmærsk Hede; Grærup Langsø, Fiilsø og Kærgård Klitplantage	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Heathland	45
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	10
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Wetlands (inland)	Raised bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	50
military	40
forestry	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kallesmærsk Hede, Grærup Langsø and surrounding areas (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kallesmærsk-hede-grærup-langsø-and-surrounding-areas-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.