Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Goosander Mergus merganser |
LC |
winter (2006) |
2,000 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
1,200–1,300 pairs |
B1i, C3 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
250 pairs |
B1i, C3 |
| Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
200–300 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
650 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
LC |
breeding (2006) |
1,200 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 2016 |
Hållnäskusten
|
Naturreservat (Ia) |
1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
95 |
|
| Forest |
minor (<10) |
Mixed woodland |
| Grassland |
minor (<10) |
Dry siliceous grassland |
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
20 |
| forestry |
5 |
| military |
5 |
| tourism/recreation |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lövsta Bight – Björn Archipelago (Sweden). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lövsta-bight-–-björn-archipelago-iba-sweden on 23/12/2024.
