Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
An area of shoals in the central part of Lake Hjälmaren.
The site is also important as a stop-over site for
Larus minutus and
Chlidonias niger, especially during late summer.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
High levels of water quality are crucial to maintaining suitable conditions for breeding insects, upon which the gulls and terns feed. Large algal blooms may have a negative effect (`Other' threat).
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lake Storhjälmaren (Sweden). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lake-storhjälmaren-iba-sweden on 23/11/2024.
