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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1994	300 breeding pairs	B1i, B3, C2
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	passage	1994	20,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1994	20,000-49,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high
Natural system modifications	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Other	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1968	Tange Bakker	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1
1983	Ribe Holme og enge med Kongeåens udløb	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	94
1987	Vadehavet	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1992	Esbjerg Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	3
1998	Vadehavet med Ribe Å; Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	11
2010	Nationalpark Vadehavet	Nationalpark	-

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	90
Unknown		10

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	90
unknown	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ribe Holme and meadows at Kongeåen (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ribe-holme-and-meadows-at-kongeåen-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.