FR040
Littoral Augeron


IBA Justification

The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species Red List Category Season Year(s) Population estimate at site IBA criteria met
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca VU winter 1997 1,074-3,403 individuals B2
Greater Scaup Aythya marila LC winter 1997 35-300 individuals B2
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus VU winter 1991 10-100 individuals B1i, C2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus LC passage 1997 1,000-10,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus LC passage 1997 1,000-10,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC passage 1991 100-500 individuals B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC passage 1991 1,000-10,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC passage 1991 1,000-10,000 individuals A4i, B1i, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds n/a passage 1997 min 20,000 individuals A4iii, C4

The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).


IBA Protection

Protected area (PA) PA designation PA area (ha) Relationship of PA with IBA Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
MARAIS DE VILLERS - BLONVILLE Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral 40 protected area overlaps with site 0
Littoral augeron Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 21,420 protected area overlaps with site 21,420
FALAISES DES VACHES NOIRES Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral 97 protected area contained by site 0
Estuaire et marais de la Basse Seine Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 18,840 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Estuaire de la Seine Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) 10,900 protected area overlaps with site 0
Estuaire de la Seine Réserve naturelle nationale 8,528 protected area overlaps with site 0
Estuaire de la Seine Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 11,341 protected area overlaps with site 0
Estuaire de la Seine Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) 8,400 protected area overlaps with site 0
Estuaire de l'Orne Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 1,000 protected area is adjacent to site 0
Estuaire de l'Orne Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral 349 protected area overlaps with site 0
Baie de Seine orientale Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) 44,402 protected area overlaps with site 20,270

Habitats

Habitat (IUCN level 1) Habitat detail Extent (% of site)
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture -
tourism/recreation -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Littoral Augeron. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/littoral-augeron-iba-france on 19/03/2024.