Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: B1i, C3 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 953 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | near favourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A highly complex system of lochs, swamps, fens, grassland and Salix carr, stretching for about 20 km along the courses of the Rivers Ken and Dee. The site is important for wintering geese.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Loch Ken and Dee Marshes. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 05/08/2020.
