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Northern Kattegat


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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima NT winter (1993) 400,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra LC winter (1993) 495,000 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca VU winter (1993) 82,000 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula LC winter (1993) 6,425 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC winter (1993) 12,000 birds A4i, B1i, B2, C3
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena LC winter (1993) 2,350 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata LC winter (1993) 1,450 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica LC winter (1993) 1,450 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus LC winter (1993) 6,350 birds A4i, B1i, C3
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus LC winter (1993) 30,000 birds A4i, B1i
Razorbill Alca torda LC winter (1993) 129,000 birds A4ii, B1ii, B3, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a winter (1993) 590,000 birds A4iii, C4

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Hirsholmene Scientific Reserve (-) -
- L'sí National Nature Area (-) -
1948 Hirsholmene Bird R Bird Reserve (-) -
1981 Hirsholmene Sea Area Major Conservation Area (-) <1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Marine Neritic 100

Land use

Land use % of IBA
unknown -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Northern Kattegat (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/northern-kattegat-iba-denmark on 24/12/2024.