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Mandø

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	non-breeding (1991)	12,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	NT	non-breeding (1991)	15,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage (1991)	25,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	non-breeding (1991)	20,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	passage (1991)	75,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	breeding (1991)	136 pairs	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1991)	100,000-499,999 birds	A4iii, C4

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	very poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	20,000 / 20,000 (birds)	100	good
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	3,200 / 3,200 (birds)	100	good
Melanitta nigra	600 / 600 (birds)	100	good
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	5,771 / 5,771 (birds)	100	good
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	15 / 30 (birds)	50	poor
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	10 / 200 (birds)	5	very poor
Anas crecca	102 / 102 (birds)	100	good
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	75 / 75 (birds)	100	good
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	560 / 560 (birds)	100	good
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	2,000 / 2,000 (birds)	100	good
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	10,600 / 10,600 (birds)	100	good
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	3,488 / 3,488 (birds)	100	good
Dunlin Calidris alpina	0 / 2 (pairs)	0	very poor
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	1,000 / 1,000 (birds)	100	good
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	300 / 900 (birds)	34	very poor
Mew Gull Larus canus	825 / 825 (birds)	100	good
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	75 / 152 (birds)	50	poor
Larus argentatus	952 / 1,075 (birds)	89	moderate
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	2 / 3 (pairs)	67	poor

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Esbjerg Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	18
2009	Vadehavet med Ribe Å, Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	7

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	45	Humid grasslands
Marine Intertidal	35
Artificial/Terrestrial	20	Arable land; Other urban and industrial areas

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	55
nature conservation and research	35
urban/industrial/transport	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mandø (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mandø-iba-denmark on 23/12/2024.