Islands and coast between Skælskør Fjord and Glænø (3005)
Denmark, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Global KBA criteria: D1a
Year of last assessment: 2000
National site name: Øer og kyster mellem Skælskør Fjord og Glænø
Central coordinates: Latitude: 55.1667, Longitude: 11.5000
System: marine, terrestrial
Elevation (m): 0 to 10
Area of KBA (km2): 55.87111
Protected area coverage (%): 99.50
KBA classification: Global
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Several larger islands with overgrown coastal slopes, dams, marshes, grassland and reedbeds, and some coastal areas with cultivated land and scattered settlements along south-west Zealand. Marine areas surrounding this IBA (previously included within it, following Grimmett and Jones 1989) are now included in Smålandsfarvandet (site 118).
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that meets the thresholds for at least one criterion described in the Global Standard for the Identification of KBAs.
Additional biodiversity: More than 20,000 waterbirds use the site. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (max. 5, wintering). Several species listed on Annex I of the EC Birds Directive breed at the site, including Circus aeruginosus, Recurvirostra avosetta, Sterna sandvicensis, S. paradisaea and S. albifrons.
Habitats
Land use: agriculture (70%) | forestry (10%)
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal | 17 | |
| Artificial - Terrestrial | 60 | |
| Grassland | 5 | |
| Forest | 10 | |
| Marine Intertidal | 8 |