Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, C3, C4 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 2,232 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | low | favourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
Extensive intertidal areas in the Mersey estuary mouth and south-west along the coast, including large areas of mudflats and saltmarshes. The IBA is of international importance for wintering wildfowl and waders.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Mersey Narrows and North Wirral Foreshore. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 06/08/2020.
