Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, C4, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 46,490 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | medium | unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The site comprises three broad estuaries that drain into the Bay (the Taf, Tywi and Gwendraeth) in addition to the Bay itself and part of the coast. A wide range of coastal habitats are represented. The IBA is important for wintering and passage wildfowl and waders, and for breeding wildfowl and waterbirds.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bae Caerfyrddin/Carmarthen Bay. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.
