Store Vildmose, Ryå and Stavad Enge (Denmark)

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Store Vildmose, Ryå and Stavad Enge

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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1994	960 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	non-breeding	1994	1,179 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1998	4-8 breeding pairs	C6

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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	2,100	2,100	individuals	100	favourable
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	1,179	87	individuals	8	very unfavourable

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
-	Store Vildmose	Major Conservation Area	100
1944	Nørre Halme egekrat	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	<1
1973	Store Vildmose	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	3
1992	Brønderslev Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	7
1992	Jammerbugt Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	4
1998	Store Vildmose	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	18
2000	Store Vildmose	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	12

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Store Vildmose, Ryå and Stavad Enge (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/store-vildmose-ryå-and-stavad-enge-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.