Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA criteria met: A1, A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 21,400 ha
Site description (baseline)
An estuary with mudflats, beaches and alluvial islands, marshes, wet meadows and woodland.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds in winter, on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Gallinago media (passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estuaire de la Loire. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2384 on 07/06/2023.
