Rold Skov (Denmark) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Rold Skov

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius	LC	resident	1994	10-13 breeding pairs	C6

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

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	favourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Eurasian Eagle-owl Bubo bubo	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	2	2	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1983	Rold Skov	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Rebild Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	5
1992	Mariagerfjord Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	1
1998	Rold Skov; Lindenborg Ådal og Madum Sø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2005	Gravlevdalen (Lindenborg Å), Rebild	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	10

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	80
Unknown		10
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	5
Wetlands (inland)	Fens, transition mires and springs	5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
forestry	80
nature conservation and research	10
agriculture	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rold Skov (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rold-skov-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.