Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The IBA comprises two shallow bays in the Gulf of Bothnia and an archipelago of several hundreds of islets and skerries.
The site is important for passage wildfowl and waders. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Anser erythropus (2 passage birds),
Haliaeetus albicilla (breeding),
Crex crex (1-3 breeding pairs),
Gallinago media (1-5 passage birds). More than 150 species of bird breed in the IBA, with c.250 species having been recorded in total.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
American mink
Mustela vison pose a threat to breeding birds. Areas of wet meadow are being restored.
National Partial
International NoneIBA overlaps with Bird Sanctuary (part of Ledskär bay).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ledskär – Bay of Karlholm (Sweden). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ledskär-–-bay-of-karlholm-iba-sweden on 23/12/2024.
