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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1996	27-125 individuals	B2

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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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Ballycotton, Ballynamona, and Shanagarry	Wildfowl Sanctuary	0	protected area contained by site	0
Ballycotton Bay SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	281	protected area contained by site	58
Ballycotton Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	92	protected area contained by site	92

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Coastline	Tidal rivers & enclosed tidal waters, Shingle & stony beaches, Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats, Lagoons	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
not utilised	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ballycotton, Ballynamona and Shanagarry. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/06/2022.