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Killough Bay


Site description (2007 baseline):

Site location and context
The IBA comprises a small estuary with tidal mudflats and shingle banks. The site is important for wintering waterbirds. Wintering Branta bernicla are from the Canadian/Greenland breeding population of the hrota subspecies.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Killough Bay. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/killough-bay-iba-united-kingdom on 07/12/2023.