Current view: Text account
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.
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.
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.