Vresen and sea area between Fyn and Langeland (Denmark) IBA | Details

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Vresen and sea area between Fyn and Langeland

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	NT	winter (1993)	7,000 birds	B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown (-)	min 20,000 birds	A4iii, C4

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 (2009) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2009	very poor	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Common Eider Somateria mollissima	7,000 / 30,940 (birds)	23	very poor
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	45 / 48 (pairs)	94	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Neritic	100

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
unknown	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vresen and sea area between Fyn and Langeland (Denmark). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vresen-and-sea-area-between-fyn-and-langeland-iba-denmark on 28/12/2024.