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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation 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 List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis	VU	winter (2012–2013)	20–120 birds	A1
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	non-breeding (2012–2013)	130–160 birds	A1
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator	LC	winter (2012)	1,000–2,000 birds	B1i
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter (2012)	100–150 birds	B1i, B2
Common Loon Gavia immer	LC	winter (2012)	50–100 birds	B1i

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1982	Været	Landskapsvernområde (V)	55

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	major (>10)	Humid grasslands
Marine Neritic	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)
Wetlands (inland)	minor (<10)	Blanket bogs; Standing freshwater

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Været (Norway). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/været-iba-norway on 23/12/2024.