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 |
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus |
LC |
non-breeding (1994) |
1,091 birds |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus |
LC |
non-breeding (1994) |
8,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Teal Anas crecca |
LC |
non-breeding (1994) |
6,900 birds |
B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
10 pairs |
B2, C6 |
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
1,000 pairs |
B1i, C3 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
breeding (1994) |
592–670 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B3, C2, C6 |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
passage (-) |
1,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
breeding (1994) |
266–272 pairs |
B2 |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
breeding (1992) |
530 pairs |
B2 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis |
LC |
breeding (1996) |
1,024 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
unknown (1994) |
20,000-49,999 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
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.
IBA conservation assessment |
Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
2019 |
not assessed |
very high |
not assessed |
Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
no |
unset |
- |
|
Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
1947 |
Nymindestrøm
|
Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (IV) |
1 |
1992 |
Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune
|
§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV) |
2 |
1992 |
Varde Kommune
|
§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV) |
1 |
2004 |
Værnengene
|
Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (IV) |
12 |
2009 |
Ringkøbing Fjord og Nymindestrømmen
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA) |
<1 |
Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
Grassland |
5 |
Humid grasslands |
Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
major (>10) |
|
Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
Marine Neritic |
minor (<10) |
|
Wetlands (inland) |
minor (<10) |
Water fringe vegetation |
Land use |
% of IBA |
unknown |
90 |
agriculture |
10 |
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 23/12/2024.