Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 6,756 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | low | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The IBA is situated to the north-west of Morecambe Bay, and covers a complex of habitats including intertidal mudflats, saltmarshes, sand-dunes and lagoons. The former iron-ore workings at Hodbarrow now comprise a lagoon of considerable wildlife interest. The estuary is important for breeding terns, wintering and passage wildfowl and waders.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Duddon Estuary. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 01/10/2020.
