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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A raised bog and forest, including highly valuable areas of mature (nearly primary)
Fagus,
Quercus and
Tilia woodland.
Numbers of breeding birds have declined at this site over the last 20 years and
Tetrao tetrix has not bred since the 1980s. Nevertheless the site remains an important area for heathland and wetland birds and more recently some species' populations have started to increase as a result of habitat restoration efforts. Several species listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive breed at the site, including
Pernis apivorus, Circus aeruginosus, C. pygargus, Tringa glareola, Chlidonias niger, Asio flammeus, Dryocopus martius and
Lanius collurio.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
A habitat restoration project was initiated in 1992
. Airborne nutrient pollution (`Other' threat) is detrimentally affecting wetland areas.
Logging is prohibited in all forest areas.
National Partial
International High790 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Kongens Mose and Draved Skov, 790 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Kongens Mose and Draved Skov (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/kongens-mose-and-draved-skov-iba-denmark on 25/12/2024.
