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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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | LC | winter | 1997 | 1,800-4,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata | LC | passage | 1997 | 3,000-5,000 individuals | A4i, B1i, C3 |
Gadwall Mareca strepera | LC | breeding | 1997 | 40-50 breeding pairs | B2 |
Northern Pintail Anas acuta | LC | passage | 1997 | 1,000-1,200 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Common Coot Fulica atra | LC | passage | 1997 | 20,000 individuals | B1i, C3 |
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia | LC | breeding | 1991 | 10-15 breeding pairs | B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus | LC | breeding | 1991 | 1-10 breeding pairs | C6 |
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax | LC | breeding | 1994 | 55 breeding pairs | C6 |
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | LC | breeding | 1991 | 40-80 breeding pairs | C2, C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | LC | breeding | 1991 | 180 breeding pairs | C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus | LC | breeding | 1997 | 20-40 breeding pairs | C6 |
Milvus migrans | NR | breeding | 1991 | 15-25 breeding pairs | C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds | n/a | passage | 1997 | 20,000-49,999 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.
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Protected Area | Designation | Area (ha) | Relationship with IBA | Overlap with IBA (ha) |
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RIVES NORD DU LAC DE GRAND LIEU | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 49 | protected area overlaps with site | 0 |
PRES DE SAINT-LUMINE ET DE SAINT-MARS | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 23 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Lac de Grand-Lieu | Réserve naturelle nationale | 2,695 | protected area contained by site | 2,694 |
Lac de Grand-Lieu | Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) | 6,292 | protected area overlaps with site | 5,600 |
Lac de Grand-Lieu | Réserve naturelle régionale | 656 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Lac de Grand-Lieu | Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance | 6,300 | protected area overlaps with site | 5,600 |
LAC DE GRAND LIEU | Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral | 2,775 | protected area contained by site | 0 |
Lac de Grand Lieu | Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) | 5,746 | protected area overlaps with site | 5,600 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
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Forest | Broadleaved deciduous woodland | - |
Shrubland | Heathland | - |
Grassland | Humid grasslands | - |
Wetlands (inland) | Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation | - |
Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable land, Perennial crops, orchards and groves | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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agriculture | - |
fisheries/aquaculture | - |
forestry | - |
hunting | - |
urban/industrial/transport | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Lac de Grand-Lieu. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 10/08/2022.