SE059
Lundåkra Bight


Country/territory: Sweden

IBA criteria met: B1i, C2, C3 (2000)
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Area: 2,200 hectares (22.00 km2)

Sveriges Ornitologiska Förening

Site description (2000 baseline)
A shallow bay in the straits of öresund, situated 20-30 km to the north of a new bridge linking Sweden and Denmark. The beaches are of sand and clay; grazed meadows are also present.

Key biodiversity
This is important as a stop-over site for passage wildfowl and waders, as well as for wintering wildfowl (for example, Anas penelope, Aythya fuligula and Bucephala clangula).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lundåkra Bight (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lundåkra-bight-iba-sweden on 27/12/2024.