Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
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Area: 21,100 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2013 | medium | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
An estuary with mudflats, saltmarshes, sand and shingle-beaches, reedbeds (Phragmites), wet meadows, urban and industrial areas. The area includes the port of Le Havre.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage and in winter, on a regular basis (including Podiceps cristatus 4,706 (wintering); Melanitta nigra 4,006 (wintering); Haematopus ostralegus 4,950 (wintering)). Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Acrocephalus paludicola (passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Estuaire et embouchure de la Seine. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 24/11/2020.
