UK014
Chichester and Langstone Harbours


Country/territory: United Kingdom

IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
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Area: 5,795 ha

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2007 very unfavourable high medium
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Site description (2007 baseline)
This site covers two harbours joined by a stretch of water that separates Hayling Island from the mainland. Tidal channels drain the river basins and penetrate far inland. Habitats include extensive mudflats and associated saltmarshes, sand-dunes, islands, and areas of Juncus marsh and reedbed (Phragmites). The IBA is important for breeding terns and wintering and passage wildfowl and waders.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chichester and Langstone Harbours. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chichester-and-langstone-harbours-iba-united-kingdom on 19/03/2024.