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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
POINTE DU HOC	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	26	protected area contained by site	0
Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin	Parc naturel régional	147,619	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Falaise du Bessin Occidental	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,200	protected area contained by site	1,200
Falaise du Bessin Occidental	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	1,200	protected area contained by site	0
Baie de Seine occidentale	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	45,500	protected area overlaps with site	0
Baie de Seine occidentale	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	44,488	protected area overlaps with site	441
Baie de Seine occidentale	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	45,566	protected area overlaps with site	1,512

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Sea	Open Sea	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
tourism/recreation	-
not utilised	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Falaise du Bessin. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/05/2022.