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South Læsø

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
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	non-breeding (1991)	1,000 birds	B1i, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1996)	518 pairs	A4i, B1i, B3, C2
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage (1991)	4,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	non-breeding (1994)	40,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	breeding (1996)	331 pairs	B2
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding (1996)	22 pairs	B2, C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	LC	breeding (1996)	1,062 pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding (1991)	41,000 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 (2010) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2010	very poor	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
Melanitta nigra	32,000 / 80,000 (birds)	40	poor
Melanitta fusca	500 / 11,000 (birds)	5	very poor
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	324 / 354 (birds)	92	good
Common Crane Grus grus	2 / 2 (pairs)	100	good
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	1,760 / 1,760 (birds)	100	good
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	169 / 518 (pairs)	33	very poor
Dunlin Calidris alpina	21 / 24 (pairs)	88	moderate
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	30 / 30 (pairs)	100	good
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	8 / 8 (pairs)	100	good
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea	661 / 1,062 (pairs)	63	poor
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	55 / 304 (pairs)	19	very poor

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
1966	Læsø	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (IV)	2
1992	Læsø Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	6
2007	Strandenge på Læsø og havet syd herfor	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	73

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	60
Shrubland	25	Heathland
Artificial/Terrestrial	15	Forestry plantations

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: South Læsø (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-læsø-iba-denmark on 24/12/2024.