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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
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter	1989	51,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter	1989	15,500 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	non-breeding	1994	4,800 individuals	B1i, C3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	1994	2,100 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding	1994	390 breeding pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1989	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

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.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Mute Swan Cygnus olor	690	178	individuals	26	very unfavourable
Melanitta fusca	3,500	155	individuals	5	very unfavourable
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	10	2	breeding pairs	20	very unfavourable
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	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

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Stavns Fjord & omgivende hav	Game Reserve	98
1957	Udsager Hage	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	<1
1977	Stavns Fjord and adjacent waters	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1981	Stavns Fjord	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	4
1983	Stavns Fjord	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1984	Stavnsfjord	Major Conservation Area	100
1994	Stavnsfjord and adjacent waters	Baltic Sea Protected Area (Helcom)	99
1998	Stavns Fjord; Samsø Østerflak og Nordby Hede	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2005	Stavns Fjord and adjacent waters	Baltic Sea Protected Area (HELCOM)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest		95
Wetlands (inland)		5

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	100

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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 23/11/2024.