Skælskør Nor, Skælskør Fjord and Borreby Mose (Denmark)

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Skælskør Nor, Skælskør Fjord and Borreby Mose

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	LC	non-breeding	1989	1,440 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iv Species group - soaring birds/cranes	n/a	passage	1993-1995	16,647-21,833 individuals	B1iv, C5

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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 (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	very unfavourable	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	1,450	279	individuals	20	very unfavourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	22	20	breeding pairs	91	favourable
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	2	2	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Skaelskor Nor	Game Reserve	-
1977	Waters South of Zealand,Skælskor Fjord, Glæno and adjacent wetlands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	96
1977	Karrebæk, Dybso and Avno Fjords	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1983	Skælskør Nor; Skælskør Fjord og Gammelsø	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Slagelse Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	1
1998	Skælskør Fjord og havet og kysten mellem Agersø og Glænø	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2005	Smålandsfarvandet: Slælskør Fjord and the sea and coast between Agersø and Glænø	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	50
Marine Neritic		30
Marine Intertidal		15
Grassland	Humid grasslands	10
Forest		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	60
unknown	35
forestry	5

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Skælskør Nor, Skælskør Fjord and Borreby Mose (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/skælskør-nor-skælskør-fjord-and-borreby-mose-iba-denmark on 22/11/2024.