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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A coastal area with shallow fjords, brackish lagoons, reedbeds, freshwater-meadows, marshes, agricultural land and woodland. Marine areas surrounding this IBA (and previously included within it, following Grimmett and Jones 1989) are now included in Smålandsfarvandet (site 118).
Of high importance for wintering
Aythya fuligula and as a bottleneck site for passing raptors, especially
Buteo buteo (15,000 individuals)
. There are large annual variations in the numbers of migrating raptors due to prevailing winds and observer coverage (min. in 1993 16,647 individuals, max. in 1995 21,833 individuals). Numbers given for diving ducks include marine areas now within site 118. In some years 20,000 ducks occur but numbers have been lower in recent years, probably as a result of mild winters.
Circus aeruginosus, Recurvirostra avosetta, Philomachus pugnax, Sterna hirundo, S. paradisaea and
S. albifrons, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, breed at the site.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Several parts of the site have additional protection.
National Partial
International High2,530 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Skælskor Nor and Glænø (waters south of), 17,120 ha). 2,530 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Skælskør Nor, Skælskør Fjord and Gammelsø, 2,530 ha).
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.
