Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: B1i, C3 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 133 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | low | favourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The IBA comprises a small estuary with tidal mudflats and shingle banks. The site is important for wintering waterbirds. Wintering Branta bernicla are from the Canadian/Greenland breeding population of the hrota subspecies.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Killough Bay. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 04/12/2020.
