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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
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1994	2,723 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3

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

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	720	142	individuals	20	very unfavourable
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	545	545	individuals	100	favourable
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	105	105	individuals	100	favourable
Greylag Goose Anser anser	1,684	1,684	individuals	100	favourable
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	13,000	2,000	individuals	16	very unfavourable
Melanitta fusca	200	54	individuals	27	very unfavourable
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	4,085	1,840	breeding pairs	46	unfavourable
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	5,000	4,000	individuals	80	near 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
1977	Nærå Coast and Æbelo area	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1979	Nørreby Hals	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	<1
1983	Æbelø og kysten ved Nærå	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Nordfyns Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	<1
1994	Nærå Coast and Æbelø area	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	99
1998	Æbelø; havet syd for og Nærå	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	86
2002	Æbelø	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	26
2009	Æbelø and the sea south of, and Nærå	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	15
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	5
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	70
unknown	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Nærå Coast and Æbelø area (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/nærå-coast-and-æbelø-area-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.