Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 |
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 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Marine Neritic |
100 |
|
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.