Nakskov Fjord and Indrefjord (Denmark)

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Nakskov Fjord and Indrefjord

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	non-breeding	1994	3,730 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1994	330 individuals	B1i, C2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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 unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Greylag Goose Anser anser	4,000	4,000	individuals	100	favourable
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	760	175	individuals	24	very unfavourable
Common Pochard Aythya ferina	1,700	1,400	individuals	83	near favourable
White-tailed Sea-eagle Haliaeetus albicilla	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Nakskov Inderfjord	Game Reserve	-
1977	Nakskov Fjord and Inner Fjord	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1983	Nakskov Fjord og Inderfjord	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Lolland Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	1
1994	Nakskov Fjord and Indrefjord	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	98
1998	Nakskov Fjord	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	96
2009	Nakskov Fjord	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	5
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.