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 |
| Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
passage (1980–1988) |
50,000–65,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis |
LC |
passage (1990–1997) |
20,000–60,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1980–1997) |
50,000-99,999 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1900 |
Ottenby
|
Naturreservat (IV) |
42 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Forest |
- |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland |
| Grassland |
- |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
- |
|
| Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
| Marine Neritic |
- |
|
| Shrubland |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| agriculture |
- |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ottenby (Sweden). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ottenby-iba-sweden on 28/12/2024.
