Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A4iii, B1i, B2, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 9,805 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | medium | unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
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 (2019) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Dungeness To Pett Levels. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 13/12/2019.
