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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	1997	233-2,940 individuals	B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	1997	65-706 individuals	B1i, C3
Anas crecca	NR	winter	1997	4,300-13,049 individuals	B1i, C3
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	1994	52-53 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1, C2, C6
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana	LC	breeding	1991	10-15 breeding pairs	B3, C6
Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris	LC	breeding	1991	5-10 breeding pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter	1997	850-2,590 individuals	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding	1996	18-19 breeding pairs	C6
Black Tern Chlidonias niger	LC	breeding	1991	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Bluethroat Cyanecula svecica	LC	breeding	1991	50 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1997	20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Stations d'Angélique des Estuaires des berges de la Loire	Arrêté de protection de biotope	7	protected area contained by site	0
Massereau	Hunting Reserve	393	protected area contained by site	393
Marais de Liberge	Arrêté de protection de biotope	25	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ile de la Pierre rouge	Hunting Reserve	120	protected area contained by site	120
Grande Briere	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	19,000	protected area overlaps with site	0
Estuaire de la Loire Nord	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	30,714	protected area overlaps with site	0
Estuaire de la Loire - Baie de Bourgneuf	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	80,202	protected area overlaps with site	0
Estuaire de la Loire	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	20,162	protected area overlaps with site	17,436
Estuaire de la Loire	Hunting Reserve	3,400	protected area contained by site	3,400
Estuaire de la Loire	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	21,726	protected area overlaps with site	18,907
ESTUAIRE DE LA LOIRE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	2,459	protected area contained by site	0
Brière	Parc naturel régional	54,881	protected area is adjacent to site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Alluvial and very wet forest	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Tidal rivers and enclosed tidal waters, Standing brackish and salt water, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-
Coastline	Sand dunes & beaches, Salt marshes, Mud flats & sand flats, Rock stacks and islets	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Estuaire de la Loire. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 08/03/2021.