Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population estimate | IBA Criteria Triggered |
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Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | LC | breeding | 1991 | 47 breeding pairs | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1997 | 6 breeding pairs | C6 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 23-27 breeding pairs | C6 |
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 4 breeding pairs | C6 |
Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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Marais de Braud-et-Saint-Louis et de Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 4,850 | protected area overlaps with site | 4,313 |
FR206 | Hunting Reserve | 125 | protected area contained by site | 125 |
Estuaire de la Gironde et de la mer des Pertuis | Parc naturel marin | 650,000 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
Estuaire de la Gironde : marais du Blayais | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 6,871 | protected area contained by site | 6,774 |
Estuaire de la Gironde | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 61,080 | protected area is adjacent to site | 0 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland | - |
Grassland | Humid grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing brackish and salt water, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land | - |
Coastline | Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
hunting | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
other | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Estuaire de la Gironde : marais du Blayais. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 07/08/2022.