UK275
Dundrum Inner Bay


Country/territory: United Kingdom

IBA criteria met: B1i, C3 (2007)
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Area: 442 ha

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2007 favourable medium low
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Site description (2007 baseline)
An enclosed sandy bay with extensive mudflats, which is fed by four small rivers, important for wintering wildfowl and waders. Wintering Branta bernicla are from the Canadian/Greenland breeding population of the hrota subspecies.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dundrum Inner Bay. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dundrum-inner-bay-iba-united-kingdom on 19/03/2024.