Nakskov Fjord and Indrefjord (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Nakskov Fjord and Indrefjord

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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	non-breeding (1994)	3,730 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter (1994)	330 birds	B1i, C2

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
Greylag Goose Anser anser	4,000 / 4,000 (birds)	100	good
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	175 / 760 (birds)	24	very poor
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	1,400 / 1,700 (birds)	83	moderate
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	2 / 2 (pairs)	100	good
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	2 / 2 (pairs)	100	good

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
-	Nakskov Inderfjord	Game Reserve (-)	-
1992	Lolland Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	1
1994	Nakskov Fjord and Indrefjord	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	98

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Arable land
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	90
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nakskov Fjord and Indrefjord (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nakskov-fjord-and-indrefjord-iba-denmark on 23/12/2024.