Site description (baseline)
A bay with mudflats, saltmarshes, wet meadows, aquatic vegetation, and peatbogs.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage and in winter, on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Aythya nyroca (wintering); Crex crex (passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baie des Veys et Marais du Cotentin. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2188 on 28/05/2023.