Sites - Important Bird Areas (IBAs)

Ornithological information The lake margins and adjacent meadows also provide breeding habitat for a number of wetland species. Breeding species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Crex crex.

Site description This area contains three nutrient-rich lakes: Fläcksjön, Gussjön and Gorgen, all connected by the River Svartån and surrounded by low-lying water-meadows prone to spring flooding. Associated vegetation includes areas of Phragmites, Scirpus and wet Betula forest. The land is used for cattle-grazing and is one of the largest areas remaining in Sweden where mowing still takes place.

Populations of IBA trigger species

Protected areas

Protected area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Fläckebo	Nature Reserve	82	protected area contained by site	78
Fläckebo - SE0250104	Birds Directive	84	protected area contained by site	84
Fläcksjön - SE0250153	Birds Directive	929	protected area contained by site	929
Gorgen - SE0250147	Birds Directive	217	protected area overlaps with site	181
Gussjön - SE0250148	Birds Directive	101	protected area contained by site	101
Nötmyran - SE0250098	Birds Directive	395	protected area overlaps with site	364
Rörbosjön - SE0250154	Birds Directive	213	protected area overlaps with site	201
Svartån (river)	Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar)	2,230	is identical to site	2,230
Vrenninge - SE0250151	Birds Directive	77	protected area overlaps with site	64

Habitats

Land use

Management considerations Succession takes place if land is abandoned or left unmanaged. Large areas are now managed through governmental conservation action and funding, with the aim of maintaining and improving conditions for breeding and passage birds. Counts are undertaken regularly. Plans exist to designate five `consultation areas' (totalling 1,535 ha) as Nature Reserves.

Protection status National Low International Partial78 ha of IBA covered by Nature Reserve (Flackebo, 78 ha). 1,870 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Svartån, 1,990 ha). IBA overlaps with four Special Protection Areas (totalling 1,321 ha).

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

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