Data Zone
Country/territory: Denmark
IBA criteria met: B3a, C3 (2021)
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Area: 2,920 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2010 | very unfavourable | not assessed | not assessed |
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Site description (2000 baseline)
A shallow brackish fjord with a small area of saline lagoons, beaches and saltmarsh.
Key biodiversity
Numbers of passage and winter visitors have declined dramatically due to deteriorating water quality: in 1983 several species were present in internationally important numbers including Bucephala clangula (meeting IBA criterion A4) and Mergus serrator and Mergus merganser (meeting IBA criterion B1). Recurvirostra avosetta, Sterna paradisaea and S. albifrons, listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive, currently breed at the site.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Venø and Venø Sund (Denmark). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/venø-and-venø-sund-iba-denmark on 23/11/2024.