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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A shallow fjord with shoals and banks. Islets and coastal areas support saltmarsh, forest and agricultural land, and smaller areas of plantation and heathland.
Numbers of wintering
Cygnus olor and
Branta bernicla have decreased markedly since 1980 because of reductions in eel-grass
Zostera, on which both species feed.
Circus aeruginosus,
Recurvirostra avosetta,
Sterna sandvicensis and
S. paradisaea, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breed at the site.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Access to 13 of the islands and islets is prohibited during the breeding season.
National Partial
International High5,060 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Odense Fjord, 5,060 ha).
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 23/11/2024.
