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

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 (2010) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	2,000	983	individuals	50	unfavourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	150	150	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	1	1	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1977	Sejro Bugt, Nekselo Bugt & Saltbæk Vig	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1983	Saltbæk Vig	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	97
1992	Saltbæk Vig	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	73
1992	Kalundborg Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	1
1992	Saltbaek Vig	Major Conservation Area	72
1994	Saltbæk Vig	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	100
1998	Sejerø Bugt og Saltbæk Vig	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2009	The bay of Sejerø and Saltbæk Vig	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		75
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land, Forestry plantations	20

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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 23/11/2024.