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The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

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

Species	Red List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	2006	4,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	resident	2006	3,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	passage	2006	15,000 individuals	B1i, C3
Smew Mergellus albellus	LC	winter	2006	50 individuals	C2
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	winter	2005-2006	13,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	2006-2007	10-48 individuals	B3, C6
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	2004	10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2006-2007	25 breeding pairs	C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	2006-2007	10-50 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2006-2007	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2018) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' habitats)
Habitat	Quantity (% remaining)	Quality (% carrying capacity)	Result
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	good (> 90%)	good (> 90%)	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Residential and commercial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A comprehensive and appropriate management plan exists that aims to maintain or improve the populations of qualifying bird species	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Bay of Lommabukten	Nature Reserve	-
1952	Loddeaas mynning (norra)	Nature Reserve	3
1989	Löddeåns mynning (norra delen)	Naturreservat	1
1990	Salvikens strandängar	Naturreservat	1
1996	Löddeåns mynning	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
2001	Lommabukten	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
2002	Lommaområdet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
2006	Löddeåns mynning (södra delen)	Naturreservat	3
2009	Södra Lommabukten med Tågarps hed och Alnarps fälad	Naturreservat	4
2015	Alkärret i Haboljung	Naturreservat	<1
2015	Haboljungs fure	Naturreservat	<1
2017	Öresundsparken	Nature Reserve	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		90
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land, Urban parks and gardens	3
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	3
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	70
urban/industrial/transport	20
nature conservation and research	10
tourism/recreation	10
agriculture	5

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lomma Bight (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lomma-bight-iba-sweden on 23/11/2024.