Tenna & Herøy (Norway) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

Tenna & Herøy

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2014 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
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	passage	2004-2013	3,000 individuals	B1i
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus	LC	passage	2004-2013	max 1,500 individuals	B1i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	breeding	2004-2013	25-75 breeding pairs	A1

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2014) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2014. The most recent assessment (2019) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2019	near favourable	medium	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
no	population	medium

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	3,000	2,506	individuals	84	near favourable
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	25	25	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

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
2002	Kvikkleirøyran	Landskapsvernområde	15

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tenna & Herøy (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tenna-&-herøy-iba-norway on 23/11/2024.