Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA criteria met: B1i, B3, C3 (2000)
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Area: 3,630 hectares (36.30 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2010 | poor | not assessed | not assessed |
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Site description (2000 baseline)
A dyked fjord/lagoon area (a failed land-reclamation project) with saltmarshes, meadows (partly cultivated), reedbeds and plantation areas.
Key biodiversity
No recent data are available as the area is not well surveyed or monitored. Circus aeruginosus, Recurvirostra avosetta, Philomachus pugnax and Sterna albifrons, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, bred at the site in 1983.
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.