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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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	non-breeding	1994	1,091 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	non-breeding	1994	8,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	non-breeding	1994	6,900 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1994	10 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1994	1,000 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1994	592-670 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	-	1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	breeding	1994	266-272 breeding pairs	B2
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	breeding	1992	530 breeding pairs	B2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1996	1,024 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	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
Pollution	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	very high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	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
1947	Nymindestrøm	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	1
1977	Ringkobing Fjord	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1983	Ringkøbing Fjord	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	2
1992	Varde Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	1
1998	Ringkøbing Fjord og Nymindestrømmen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2004	Værnengene	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	12
2009	Ringkøbing Fjord og Nymindestrømmen	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	5
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	Water fringe vegetation	minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	90
agriculture	10

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ringkøbing Fjord (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ringkøbing-fjord-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.