Stadil Fjord and Veststadil Fjord (Denmark)

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Stadil Fjord and Veststadil Fjord

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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	non-breeding	1995	1,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	non-breeding	1995	11,100 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	1995	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.

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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	15,000	15,000	individuals	100	favourable
Greylag Goose Anser anser	4,895	4,895	individuals	100	favourable
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	300	105	individuals	35	very unfavourable
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	3	3	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	79	7	breeding pairs	9	very unfavourable
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	12,338	12,338	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus	87	65	individuals	75	near favourable
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	7	7	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	1	1	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
1969	Veststadil Fjord and Husby Klit	Major Conservation Area	21
1977	Stadil and Veststadil Fjords	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1983	Stadil Fjord og Vest Stadil Fjord	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	15
1998	Stadil Fjord og Vest Stadil Fjord	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	66

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	45
Grassland	Dry siliceous grassland	5
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	55
agriculture	45

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stadil Fjord and Veststadil Fjord (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stadil-fjord-and-veststadil-fjord-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.