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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Islands and peninsulas in shallow fjord areas with cultivated land and scattered habitation as well as grasslands, saltmarshes and reedbeds. Marine areas surrounding this IBA (and previously included within it, following Grimmett and Jones 1989) are now included in Smålandsfarvandet (site 118).
This is an important site for migrating waterbirds (regularly more than 20,000 individuals present in total). Non-breeding numbers exclude birds from Avnø Fjord and Karrebæksminde Fjord. Several species listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive breed at the site including
Circus aeruginosus, Recurvirostra avosetta, Sterna hirundo, S. paradisaea, S. albifrons and
Lanius collurio.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Several areas have additional national protection. Management includes grazing to maintain open habitats.
National Low
International High4,480 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Karrebæk, Dybsø and Avnø Fjords, 19,200 ha). 4,480 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Karrebæk, Dybsø and Avnø Fjords, 18,860 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Karrebæk, Dybsø and Avnø Fjords (coasts and islands) (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/karrebæk-dybsø-and-avnø-fjords-(coasts-and-islands)-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.
