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Lövsta Bight – Björn Archipelago


Site description (2000 baseline):

Site location and context
A small archipelago located in the southern part of the Gulf of Bothnia, comprising numerous small skerries and a few islands.



Key biodiversity
An important site for breeding gulls and seabirds.



Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The expanding American mink Mustela vison population in the archipelago poses a major threat to breeding birds.



Protected areas
National None International None




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.