• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus	LC	winter	1996	100 individuals	B3
Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus	LC	winter	1987	180 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	-	20,000 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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
River Barrow and River Nore SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,368	protected area overlaps with site	89

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

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

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

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Upper Barrow flood-plain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/08/2022.