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The site was identified as important in 2009 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	winter	2003-2007	83-166 individuals	C6
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2002-2006	1,428-3,337 individuals	B1i, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2002-2006	26,923-31,175 individuals	A4iii, C4

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2009).

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Great Island Channel SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,443	protected area overlaps with site	1,930
Douglas Estuary	Wildfowl Sanctuary	0	unknown	0
Cork Harbour SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	2,660	protected area overlaps with site	2,182
Cork Harbour	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,436	protected area overlaps with site	1,436

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Forest	Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Other urban and industrial areas	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cork Harbour. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/cork-harbour-iba-ireland on 24/09/2023.