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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
Store Vildmose was formerly a large raised bog, but due to drainage and peat extraction is now mostly arable land, although smaller areas of bog remain. The IBA includes the adjacent meadows along the Ryå stream.
This is an important staging area for
Cygnus columbianus. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Crex crex (max. 4, breeding).
National None
International None
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 23/12/2024.