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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 1998

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	LC	non-breeding	-	2,480-11,900 individuals	A4i
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor	NT	non-breeding	-	common	A1
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis	EN	non-breeding	-	4,230-25,300 individuals	A1, A4i
African Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini	LC	non-breeding	-	20-90 individuals	A1, A4i
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	non-breeding	-	120-940 individuals	A4i
White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus	LC	non-breeding	-	440-2,540 individuals	A4i
Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus	LC	non-breeding	-	170-5,590 individuals	A4i
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	winter	-	402-2,260 individuals	A4i
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea	NT	winter	-	3,580-43,680 individuals	A4i
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	winter	-	1,630-14,160 individuals	A4i
Little Stint Calidris minuta	LC	winter	-	3,590-30,480 individuals	A4i
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus	LC	non-breeding	-	280-3,200 individuals	A4i
Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum	LC	non-breeding	-	50-300 individuals	A1, A4i
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	LC	non-breeding	-	30-168 individuals	A4i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	winter	-	4,610-42,000 individuals	A4i
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	winter	-	200-3,660 individuals	A4i
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii	LC	non-breeding	-	80-820 individuals	A4i
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	non-breeding	-	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Sandwich Harbour	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	16,500	protected area overlaps with site	8,500
Namib-Naukluft	National Park	5,076,600	protected area overlaps with site	8,500
Namib Sand Sea	World Heritage Site (natural or mixed)	3,077,700	protected area overlaps with site	7,892

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Grassland		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Sandwich Harbour. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/6713 on 04/06/2023.