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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla	VU	winter (1993)	99,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	winter (1993)	93,500 individuals	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	winter (1993)	93,000 individuals	B1ii, C3

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Little Middelgrund	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	1
-	Little Middelgrund	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	25
2006	Lilla Middelgrund	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	25
2010	Morups bank	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	100

Land use	% of IBA
urban/industrial/transport	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Little Middelgrund (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/little-middelgrund-iba-sweden on 06/01/2025.