Vangså Hede (Denmark) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Vangså Hede

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2021 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
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	LC	breeding	2013-2020	max 12 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2021) may differ.

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2021. 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
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	4	1	breeding pairs	25	very unfavourable
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	6	6	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	4	4	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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1983	Vangså Hede	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1992	Thisted Kommune	§3 beskyttet natur (alle søer, moser, vandløb, heder, enge mv)	69
1995	Vangså, område ved	Fredet ved afgørelse, exl. Kirkeomgivelser	74
1997	Vangså Hede	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Heathland	45
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	20
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Wetlands (inland)	Blanket bogs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vangså Hede (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vangså-hede-iba-denmark on 24/11/2024.