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 IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:
Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2000. The most recent assessment (2009) is shown below.
| IBA conservation status |
| Year of assessment |
State |
Pressure |
Response |
| 2009 |
favourable |
not assessed |
not assessed |
| Whole site assessed? |
State assessed by |
Accuracy of information |
|
| yes |
population |
good |
|
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1992 |
Stevns Kommune
|
§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv) (IV) |
4 |
| 2014 |
Stevns Klint
|
World Heritage Site (natural or mixed) (UA) |
8 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
- |
Arable land |
| Forest |
- |
Broadleaved deciduous woodland |
| Grassland |
- |
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland |
| Shrubland |
- |
Scrub |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Stevns (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/stevns-iba-denmark on 23/01/2025.
