Venø and Venø Sund (2959)
Denmark, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2000
National site name: Venø og Venø Sund
Central coordinates: Latitude: 56.5833, Longitude: 8.6667
System: marine, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 5
Area of KBA (km2): 29.39493
Protected area coverage (%): 99.54
KBA classification: Global/Regional TBD
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: A shallow brackish fjord with a small area of saline lagoons, beaches and saltmarsh.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance because it meets one or more previously established criteria and thresholds for identifying sites of biodiversity importance (including Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas, Alliance for Zero Extinction sites, and Key Biodiversity Areas)
Additional 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.
Habitats
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | 32 | |
| Marine Intertidal | 32 | |
| Forest | 5 | |
| Marine Neritic | 32 |
Threats
Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: Improvements in water quality will almost certainly restore the site's ornithological importance.