The site was identified as important in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Species |
Current IUCN Red List Category |
Season |
Year(s) |
Population estimate at site |
IBA criteria met |
Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
winter |
1997 |
745-4,110 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Greylag Goose Anser anser |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
2,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
White Stork Ciconia ciconia |
LC |
breeding |
1997 |
10 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding |
1991 |
5-10 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
LC |
breeding |
1997 |
52 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea |
LC |
breeding |
1997 |
159 breeding pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta |
LC |
breeding |
1997 |
142 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter |
1997 |
2,075-7,973 individuals |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2 |
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
1,000-1,500 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding |
1995 |
65-68 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
LC |
winter |
1997 |
983-1,975 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
3,400-4,500 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
LC |
passage |
1991 |
9,000-17,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
passage |
1997 |
350-1,500 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C2 |
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
passage |
1997 |
40,000-80,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
winter |
1997 |
810-10,360 individuals |
A4i, B1i, B2, C3 |
Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
passage |
1997 |
20,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Dunlin Calidris alpina |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
20,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Common Redshank Tringa totanus |
LC |
passage |
1997 |
500-2,000 individuals |
B1i, C3 |
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus |
LC |
passage |
1991 |
1,500-2,000 individuals |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
Black Tern Chlidonias niger |
LC |
breeding |
1996 |
20-30 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus |
LC |
breeding |
1997 |
10-100 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus |
LC |
breeding |
1991 |
10-100 breeding pairs |
B3, C6 |
Black Kite Milvus migrans |
LC |
breeding |
1991 |
10-100 breeding pairs |
B2, C6 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
LC |
breeding |
1991 |
10-50 breeding pairs |
C6 |
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica |
LC |
breeding |
1991 |
300 breeding pairs |
C6 |
A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
passage |
1997 |
100,000-499,999 individuals |
A4iii, C4 |
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2000).
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Venise verte
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope |
2,600 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Tourbières de Prin-Deyrançon
|
Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels |
151 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Tourbière du Bourdet
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope |
22 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Terrées du Pain Béni et prairies attenantes
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope |
19 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Prairies calcaires du Fief-Bodin
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope |
8 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Pointe de l'Aiguillon
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope |
37 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Pointe d'Arçay
|
Réserve biologique |
212 |
protected area contained by site |
850 |
Pointe D'Arcay
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
380 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Plaine de Niort Nord-Ouest
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
17,040 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Plaine calcaire du sud Vendée
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
6,701 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
819,258 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Pertuis charentais - Rochebonne
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) |
817,900 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Pertuis Charentais
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
456,027 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Pertuis charentais
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) |
456,000 |
protected area is adjacent to site |
0 |
Marais Poitevin (secteur Ouest)
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope |
3,800 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
MARAIS POITEVIN - ESTUAIRE SEVRE NIORTAISE
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
36 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Marais Poitevin
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
47,745 |
protected area overlaps with site |
40,860 |
Marais poitevin
|
Parc naturel régional |
198,189 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
MARAIS POITEVIN
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
220 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Marais poitevin
|
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) |
68,023 |
protected area overlaps with site |
56,519 |
Marais Poitevin
|
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) |
20,323 |
protected area overlaps with site |
15,662 |
Marais du Passage de La Ronde
|
Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels |
401 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
MARAIS DES MAGNILS REIGNIERS
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
119 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Marais de Saint-Hilaire-la-Palud Arçais
|
Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels |
1,276 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Marais de la Vacherie
|
Réserve naturelle régionale |
181 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Marais de la Grève
|
Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels |
110 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Marais de la Garette
|
Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels |
383 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Marais communal du Poiré-sur-Velluire
|
Réserve naturelle régionale |
241 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Marais communal de Saint-Denis-du-Payré
|
Réserve naturelle nationale |
206 |
protected area contained by site |
207 |
LPO-BirdLife parcels of Champagne |
Private Reserve |
255 |
protected area contained by site |
255 |
Ile de Charouin |
Hunting Reserve |
50 |
protected area contained by site |
50 |
Ferme de Choisy |
Hunting Reserve |
168 |
protected area contained by site |
168 |
Ferme de Choisy
|
Réserve naturelle régionale |
80 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Estuaire de la Gironde et de la mer des Pertuis
|
Parc naturel marin |
650,000 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Coteaux calcaires de Chaillé les marais
|
Arrêté de protection de biotope |
1 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Communal du Poire sur Velluire |
Hunting Reserve |
260 |
protected area contained by site |
260 |
Casse de la Belle Henriette
|
Réserve naturelle nationale |
337 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Boucles de la Sèvre Niortaise
|
Terrain acquis par un conservatoire d'espaces naturels |
793 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
BELLE HENRIETTE
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
2 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Baie de l'Aiguillon (Vendée)
|
Réserve naturelle nationale |
2,300 |
protected area contained by site |
2,600 |
Baie de l'Aiguillon (Charente-Maritime)
|
Réserve naturelle nationale |
2,600 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Baie de l'Aiguillon - Les Pres Cornut
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
32 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Baie de l'Aiguillon - La Pree Mizottiere
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral |
253 |
protected area overlaps with site |
0 |
Baie de l'Aiguillon
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) |
2,300 |
protected area contained by site |
0 |
Baie de l'Aiguillon |
Nature Reserve |
2,300 |
protected area contained by site |
2,300 |
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