FR004
Estuaires du Trieux et du Jaudy


Country/territory: France

IBA criteria met: B2, C6 (2000)
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Area: 9,900 ha

Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux

Site description (2000 baseline)
A bay with mudflats and rocky islets, sand-dunes, two estuaries and sand and shingle beaches. Fishing and hunting are the main human activities.

Key biodiversity
This is an important site for wintering waterbirds and for a tern colony, with nationally important numbers of Sterna hirundo (110 pairs).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estuaires du Trieux et du Jaudy. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estuaires-du-trieux-et-du-jaudy-iba-france on 19/03/2024.