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Odense Fjord

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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	LC	non-breeding (1994)	3,700 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	non-breeding (1994)	300 birds	B1i, C2
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter (1994)	2,075 birds	B2
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage (1996)	10,000 birds	B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding (1994)	300 pairs	B2, C6

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
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula	2,050 / 3,243 (birds)	64	poor
Goosander Mergus merganser	148 / 550 (birds)	27	very poor
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	653 / 1,547 (birds)	43	poor
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	1,190 / 1,704 (birds)	70	moderate
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	2,730 / 9,450 (birds)	29	very poor
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	1 / 1 (pairs)	100	good
Larus argentatus	1,985 / 15,000 (birds)	14	very poor
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	0 / 185 (pairs)	0	very poor

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
1980	Hoffmansgave, Enebærodde	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (III)	3
1992	Nordfyns Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	1
1992	Odense Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	1

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	85
Marine Intertidal	10
Artificial/Terrestrial	5	Arable land

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	90
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Odense Fjord (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/odense-fjord-iba-denmark on 23/12/2024.