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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
Common Teal Anas crecca	LC	non-breeding (1983)	5,500 birds	B1i, C3
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1998)	100–500 pairs	B3

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	983 / 2,000 (birds)	50	poor
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	150 / 150 (pairs)	100	good
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	1 / 1 (pairs)	100	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1992	Saltbæk Vig	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (IV)	73
1992	Kalundborg Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	1
1992	Saltbaek Vig	Major Conservation Area (-)	72
1994	Saltbæk Vig	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	75
Artificial/Terrestrial	20	Arable land; Forestry plantations

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	70
agriculture	30

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Saltbæk Vig (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/saltbæk-vig-iba-denmark on 23/12/2024.