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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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	non-breeding	1994	2,300 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2

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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1900	Fläckebo	Naturreservat	3
1989	Svartån	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	97
1995	Nötmyran	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	14
1996	Nötmyran	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	16
1996	Gorgen	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	8
1996	Gussjön	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
1996	Fläckebo	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1996	Fläckebo	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	4
1996	Vrenninge	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	3
1997	Fläcksjön	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	36
1997	Rörbosjön	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
1997	Gorgen	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	6
1997	Gussjön	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1997	Vrenninge	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1
1998	Fläcksjön	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	40
1998	Rörbosjön	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	9
2011	Biotopskydd 2011:165	Biotopskyddsområde	<1
2015	Biotopskydd SK 338-2015	Biotopskyddsområde	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: River Svartån (Sweden). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/river-svartån-iba-sweden on 23/11/2024.