Nærå Coast and Æbelø area (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Nærå Coast and Æbelø area

Current view: Data table and detailed info

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

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	very poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	142 / 720 (birds)	20	very poor
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	545 / 545 (birds)	100	good
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	105 / 105 (birds)	100	good
Greylag Goose Anser anser	1,684 / 1,684 (birds)	100	good
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	2,000 / 13,000 (birds)	16	very poor
Melanitta fusca	54 / 200 (birds)	27	very poor
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	1,840 / 4,085 (pairs)	46	poor
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	4,000 / 5,000 (birds)	80	moderate

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1979	Nørreby Hals	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (V)	<1
1992	Nordfyns Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	<1
1994	Nærå Coast and Æbelø area	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	99
2002	Æbelø	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (IV)	26

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	70
unknown	30

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 23/12/2024.