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The site was identified as important in 2000 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
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	LC	non-breeding	1994	3,370 individuals	B1i, C3
Goosander Mergus merganser	LC	non-breeding	1993	2,780 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	650	650	individuals	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1983	Lovns Bredning	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1998	Lovns Bredning; Hjarbæk Fjord og Skals, Simested og Nørre Ådal, Skravad Bæk	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lovns Bredning (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lovns-bredning-iba-denmark on 25/11/2024.