Stavnsfjord and adjacent waters (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Stavnsfjord and adjacent waters

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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter (1989)	51,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter (1989)	15,500 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	non-breeding (1994)	4,800 birds	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding (1994)	2,100 pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding (1994)	390 pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1989)	50,000-99,999 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
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	178 / 690 (birds)	26	very poor
Melanitta fusca	155 / 3,500 (birds)	5	very poor
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	2 / 10 (pairs)	20	very poor
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	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
-	Stavns Fjord & omgivende hav	Game Reserve (-)	98
1957	Udsager Hage	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (V)	<1
1981	Stavns Fjord	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser (V)	4
1984	Stavnsfjord	Major Conservation Area (-)	100
1994	Stavnsfjord and adjacent waters	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom) (UA)	99

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	95
Wetlands (inland)	5

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stavnsfjord and adjacent waters (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stavnsfjord-and-adjacent-waters-iba-denmark on 23/12/2024.