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Site description
A marine area off the west Belgian coast, with sandbanks that are slightly covered by sea water at all times, and mud- and sandflats that are fully exposed at low tide.

Key biodiversity
Other species include passage Phalacrocorax carbo, Sterna sandvicensis, S. hirundo, S. paradisaea, Gavia stellata (winter >150 birds), G. arctica, Sula bassana, Somateria mollissima, Uria aalge, Alca torda and Aythya marila, and wintering Melanitta nigra (1,500-2,000 birds).

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Nordzee. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/01/2022.