UK019
Dungeness To Pett Levels


Country/territory: United Kingdom

IBA criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
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Area: 9,805 ha

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2007 unfavourable medium low
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Site description (2007 baseline)
The IBA includes inland wetlands, grazing-marsh and arable land, and two shingle-beaches at Dungeness and Rye Harbour. The shingle-beach systems support very unusual vegetation-types. The IBA is important for breeding terns and breeding, passage and wintering wildfowl and waders.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dungeness To Pett Levels. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dungeness-to-pett-levels-iba-united-kingdom on 19/03/2024.