Stadil Fjord and Veststadil Fjord (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Stadil Fjord and Veststadil Fjord

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
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	non-breeding (1995)	1,000 birds	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	non-breeding (1995)	11,100 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding (1995)	min 20,000 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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	15,000 / 15,000 (birds)	100	good
Greylag Goose Anser anser	4,895 / 4,895 (birds)	100	good
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	105 / 300 (birds)	35	very poor
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	3 / 3 (pairs)	100	good
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	7 / 79 (pairs)	9	very poor
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	12,338 / 12,338 (birds)	100	good
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus	65 / 87 (birds)	75	moderate
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	7 / 7 (pairs)	100	good
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	1 / 1 (pairs)	100	good

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
1969	Veststadil Fjord and Husby Klit	Major Conservation Area (-)	21
1992	Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV)	15

Habitats

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

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 28/12/2024.