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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	2001-2006	3,814 individuals	B1i, C3
Haematopus ostralegus	NR	passage	2001-2006	10,773 individuals	B1i, C3
Haematopus ostralegus	NR	winter	2001-2006	14,441 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	winter	2001-2006	6,948 individuals	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2001-2006	30,509 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2001-2006	44,198 individuals	A4iii, C4

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.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: large scale	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Anas acuta	Northern Pintail	1420	3814	individuals	100	favourable
Haematopus ostralegus	Eurasian Oystercatcher	11000	10773	individuals	98	favourable
Haematopus ostralegus	Eurasian Oystercatcher	12600	14441	individuals	100	favourable
Numenius arquata	Eurasian Curlew	1390	1086	individuals	79	near favourable
Calidris alpina	Dunlin	7050	6948	individuals	99	favourable
Species group - waterbirds	A4iii	33947	44198	individuals	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Whiteford	National Nature Reserve	806	protected area overlaps with site	782
Twyni Chwitffordd, Morfa Landim“r a Bae Brychdwn/Whiteford Burrows, Landimore Marsh and Broughton Ba	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1,396	protected area overlaps with site	842
PEMBREY BURROWS AND SALTINGS	Local Nature Reserve	252	protected area overlaps with site	0
North Dock Dunes	Local Nature Reserve	4	protected area overlaps with site	0
Llanrhidian Marsh	Park	0	protected area contained by site	959
Gwyr (Gower)	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty	0	protected area overlaps with site	4,081
Gower	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty	18,719	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gower	Heritage Coast	12	protected area overlaps with site	1,622
Gower	Nature Reserve	1,978	protected area overlaps with site	0
Carmarthen Bay Dunes/ Twyni Bae Caerfyrddin	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,204	protected area overlaps with site	0
Carmarthen Bay And Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin Ac Aberoedd	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	66,092	protected area overlaps with site	6,650
Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries / Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	5,851	protected area overlaps with site	5,323
Burry Inlet	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	6,672	protected area overlaps with site	6,628
Burry Inlet	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	0	protected area contained by site	0
Burry Inlet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6,673	is identical to site	6,650
Bristol Channel Approaches / Dynesfeydd Môr Hafren	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	584,994	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Bae Caerfyrddin/ Carmarthen Bay	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	33,450	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Bae Caerfyrddin / Carmarthen Bay	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	0	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Arfordir Pen-Bre/Pembrey Coast	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	4,132	protected area overlaps with site	441

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Marine Neritic		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Burry Inlet. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 30/01/2023.