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The site was identified as important in 2021 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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	non-breeding	-	150 individuals	B3a, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2021. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Goosander Mergus merganser	4,000	110	individuals	3	very unfavourable
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	1,959	1,959	individuals	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Kappelgård	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	<1
1979	Kabbel Nord	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	<1
1983	Nissum Bredning	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1998	Agger Tange; Nissum Bredning, Skibsted Fjord og Agerø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	95
2009	Agger Tange, Nissum Bredning, Skibsted Fjord og Agerø	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	92

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		5
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nissum Bredning (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nissum-bredning-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.