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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A sea area with shoals, banks and islands. The islands and islets have freshwater and saltmarshes, reedbeds, heathland, grasslands, mature
Quercus,
Tilia and
Carpinus forests, cultivated land and scattered settlements.
Recent numbers of visiting birds (notably
Aythya fuligula) are lower than in 1983 when the site was designated a Special Protection Area. In harsh winters,
Bucephala clangula and
Aythya fuligula meet A4i criteria. Several species listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive breed at the site, including
Botaurus stellaris,
Circus aeruginosus,
Recurvirostra avosetta,
Philomachus pugnax, Sterna sandvicensis, S. hirundo, S. paradisaea, S. albifrons, Dryocopus martius and
Lullula arborea.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Part of Nyord is a reserve owned and managed by BirdLife Denmark.
National Partial
International High24,640 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Præstø Fjord, Jungshoved Nor, Ulvshale and Nyord, 25,960 ha). 24,640 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Præstø Fjord, Ulvshale, Nyord, 24,640 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Præstø Fjord, Ulvshale, Nyord and Jungshoved Nor (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/præstø-fjord-ulvshale-nyord-and-jungshoved-nor-iba-denmark on 25/11/2024.
