Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
Subnational region(s): Århus Amtskommune
IBA Justification: B1i, C3 (2000)
Area: 370 hectares (3.70 km2)
BirdLife Partner(s): Dansk Ornitologisk Forening
| Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2010 | favourable | very high | medium |
Site description (2000 baseline)
A shallow, almost enclosed fjord area (connected to the open sea by sluices), surrounded by saltmarshes, meadows and agricultural land.
Key biodiversity
The site is an important staging ground for Mergus merganser in cold winters, when regular staging grounds elsewhere are covered in ice. Circus aeruginosus, Recurvirostra avosetta and Sterna hirundo, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breed at the site.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Norsminde (Kysing) Fjord (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/norsminde-(kysing)-fjord-iba-denmark on 08/01/2025.