FR022
Marais de Brière


Country/territory: France

IBA criteria met: B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C6 (2000)
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Area: 18,900 ha

Ligue Pour La Protection des Oiseaux
IBA conservation status
Year of assessment (most recent) State (condition) Pressure (threat) Response (action)
2013 unfavourable very high low
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Site description (2000 baseline)
Marshes and wet meadows, reedbeds (Phragmites), ponds and arable fields.

Key biodiversity
This is an important site for breeding and wintering waterbirds. It is also the best site for Chlidonias niger in France. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Haliaeetus albicilla (passage); Aquila clanga (passage); Crex crex (passage); Gallinago media (passage); Acrocephalus paludicola (passage).


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marais de Brière. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marais-de-brière-iba-france on 19/03/2024.