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Site description (2000 baseline)
A 500 m wide strip of coastal meadows, pastures and tidal mudflats in the east-south-eastern part of the island of Langøya, from Skagen airport (at Stokmarknes) past Sortland to Vikbotn, and then from Vikbotn in a westerly direction to Frøskeland. Grassland is mainly sheep-grazed.

Key biodiversity
The site is most important for staging geese from Svalbard, especially Anser brachyrhynchus but also Branta leucopsis (quite common).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Langøya (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/langøya-iba-norway on 27/12/2024.