Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA criteria met: A4, B1b, B3a, C2, C3, C6 (2021)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 32,570 hectares (325.70 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2019 | not assessed | very high | not assessed |
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Site description (2000 baseline)
A shallow saline fjord area with shoals and islands, coastal saltmarsh and agricultural land.
Key biodiversity
The site was very important for wintering ducks (in total more than 20,000 individuals, with eight species fulfilling IBA criteria). However, numbers declined sharply during the 1980s, presumably because of deteriorating water quality, and by 1993 insufficient numbers were present to fulfil the criteria. Recurvirostra avosetta, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breeds at the site.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Løgstør Bredning (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/løgstør-bredning-iba-denmark on 25/12/2024.