Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Ornithological information The site is important as a stop-over site for passage swans, geese and ducks, and also supports a diversity of breeding waterbirds, as well as wintering Anser fabalis and five species of raptor. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (wintering) and Crex crex (breeding and passage).

Site description The area contains shallow eutrophic lakes, meandering streams, reedbeds (Phragmites), riverside meadows (flooded annually), marshland, Alnus forest and Salix thickets. Large parts of the site are used to graze cattle and for haymaking. Human activities also include fishing, bathing and military exercises.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Övedskloster - SE0430168	Habitats Directive	53	protected area overlaps with site	39
Bellinga - SE0430171	Habitats Directive	42	protected area overlaps with site	39
Ellestadssjön - SE0430136	Habitats Directive	286	protected area contained by site	286
Jordbodhällorna - SE0430129	Habitats Directive	25	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Klingavälsån - Krankesjön	Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)	3,970	protected area contained by site	3,970
Klingavälsån - SE0430087	Birds Directive	2,842	protected area contained by site	2,842
Klingavälsån-Karup - SE0430110	Habitats Directive	841	protected area contained by site	841
Klingavälsåns dalgång	Nature Reserve	2,171	protected area contained by site	2,128
Krageholmssjön - SE0430137	Habitats Directive	221	protected area contained by site	221
Krankesjön - SE0430124	Birds Directive	463	protected area contained by site	463
Lybeck	Nature Reserve	15	protected area contained by site	15
Navröd	Nature Reserve	66	protected area contained by site	67
Norra Fyledalen - SE0430089	Birds Directive	134	protected area overlaps with site	14
Revingefältet - SE0430113	Habitats Directive	3,007	protected area overlaps with site	1,889
Sövdeborg - SE0430170	Habitats Directive	288	protected area overlaps with site	209
Sövdesjön - SE0430172	Birds Directive	473	protected area contained by site	473
Snogeholm - SE0430167	Habitats Directive	67	protected area contained by site	67
Vombs ängar	Nature Reserve	205	protected area contained by site	194
Vombs Fure	Wildlife and Plant Sanctuary	571	protected area contained by site	600
Vombs Norregård - SE0430131	Habitats Directive	30	protected area contained by site	30

Habitats

Land use

Management considerations Drainage has impoverished the fauna and flora of some of the meadowland. A reduction in grazing intensity has had an adverse effect on wader numbers.

Protection status National Partial International HighIBA covered by two Nature Reserves (totalling 2,321 ha). 3,975 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Klingavälsån-Krankesjön, 3,975 ha). IBA overlaps with Special Protection Area (2,900 ha).

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Recommended citation  BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: River Klingavälsån-Lake Krankesjön. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 19/06/2013

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