Skagerrak-Southwest Norwegian trench (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Skagerrak-Southwest Norwegian trench

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	winter (1993)	14,000 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	winter (1993)	32,000 birds	A4i, B1i
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	passage (1993)	3,300 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	winter (1993)	45,000 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Little Auk Alle alle	LC	winter (1993)	705,000 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	non-breeding (1993)	46,300 birds	A4ii, B1ii, C3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	winter (1993)	500,000-999,999 birds	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1993)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii, C4

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 (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	good	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	14,000 / 14,000 (birds)	100	good
Larus argentatus	32,000 / 32,000 (birds)	100	good
Great Skua Catharacta skua	3,300 / 3,300 (birds)	100	good
Razorbill Alca torda	120,000 / 120,000 (birds)	100	good
Little Auk Alle alle	90,000 / 90,000 (birds)	100	good
Common Murre Uria aalge	205,000 / 205,000 (birds)	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2007	Læsø Trindel og Tønneberg Banke	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	1
2007	Lønstrup Rødgrund	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	<1
2007	Herthas Flak	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	<1
2007	Knudegrund	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	<1
2007	Skagen Gren	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (II)	<1
2009	Skagens Gren og Skagerrak	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	20
2009	Gule Rev	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	4
2009	Store Rev	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	1

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	100

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skagerrak-Southwest Norwegian trench (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skagerrak-southwest-norwegian-trench-iba-denmark on 24/12/2024.