The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
500-1,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
500-1,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
100-500 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia |
LC |
passage |
1991 |
100-500 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Haematopus ostralegus |
NR |
winter |
1997 |
338-13,044 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Haematopus ostralegus |
NR |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
500-1,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
winter |
1997 |
75-1,408 individuals |
B2 |
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata |
NT |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Dunlin Calidris alpina |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
10,000-20,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus |
LC |
winter |
1997 |
80-30,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i |
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
10,000-20,000 individuals |
B1i |
Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
passage |
1991 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii |
LC |
passage |
1991 |
10-100 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
passage |
1991 |
10,000-20,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea |
LC |
passage |
1991 |
1,000-10,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis |
LC |
passage |
1991 |
10,000-20,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage |
1997 |
50,000-99,999 individuals |
A4iii, C4 |
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Récifs Gris-Nez Blanc-Nez
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
29,156 |
protected area overlaps with site |
7,818 |
Falaises du Cran aux Oeufs et du Cap Gris-Nez; Dunes du Chatelet, Marais de Tardinghen et Dunes de Wissant
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
1,059 |
protected area overlaps with site |
845 |
Estuaires picards et mer d'Opale
|
Parc naturel marin |
235,000 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Caps et marais d'Opale
|
Parc naturel régional |
132,499 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Cap Griz-nez |
Hunting Reserve |
8,600 |
protected area contained by site |
8,600 |
Cap Gris-Nez
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
56,224 |
protected area overlaps with site |
8,434 |
CAP GRIS NEZ
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
163 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
BAIE DE WISSANT
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
117 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
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