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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
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	non-breeding	1994	1,800 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	breeding	1996	1,168 breeding pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	1994	20 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1996	1,096 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	-	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	120	120	individuals	100	favourable
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	2,466	1,450	individuals	59	unfavourable
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	3,955	1,800	individuals	46	unfavourable
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	336	7	individuals	3	very unfavourable
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	43,381	6,000	individuals	14	very unfavourable
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	2,365	400	individuals	17	very unfavourable
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	94	94	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	800	570	individuals	72	near favourable
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	1,613	51	individuals	4	very unfavourable
Anas crecca	2,560	800	individuals	32	very unfavourable
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	8,864	4,040	individuals	46	unfavourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	1,301	40	individuals	4	very unfavourable
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	959	50	individuals	6	very unfavourable
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	5,000	2,500	individuals	50	unfavourable
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	1,301	1,301	individuals	100	favourable
Red Knot Calidris canutus	3,000	3,000	individuals	100	favourable
Ruff Calidris pugnax	75	2	breeding pairs	3	very unfavourable
Sanderling Calidris alba	600	600	individuals	100	favourable
Dunlin Calidris alpina	16,954	3,000	individuals	18	very unfavourable
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia	633	550	individuals	87	near favourable
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	1,740	1,740	individuals	100	favourable
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus	14,810	500	individuals	4	very unfavourable
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus	1	1	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	679	275	individuals	41	unfavourable
Larus argentatus	10,472	7,100	individuals	68	unfavourable
Sterna nilotica	7	1	breeding pairs	15	very unfavourable

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
1938	Skallingen	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	52
1979	Vadehavet	Wildlife Reserve	100
1983	Skallingen og Langli	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1987	Vadehavet	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1992	Varde Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	70
1998	Vadehavet med Ribe Å; Tved Å og Varde Å vest for Varde	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2009	The Wadden Sea	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	-
2010	Nationalpark Vadehavet	Nationalpark	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skallingen and Langli (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skallingen-and-langli-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.