Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 13,587 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | very unfavourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The Dee estuary lies between the Wirral peninsula and the north Wales coast and consists of a very large intertidal area, some 20 km long and up to 9 km wide. The site comprises extensive mudflats and saltmarshes, with sand-dune and maritime cliff-top communities also represented. The IBA is important for wintering and passage wildfowl and waders.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Dee Estuary. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 24/11/2020.
