Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 1,093 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The IBA covers much of the coastline between the Scottish border and the Tyne estuary, which consists of sandy bays separated by rocky headlands and backed by sand-dunes and both soft and hard cliffs. It is important for breeding terns, wintering waders and waterfowl, and summer moulting assemblages of Cygnus olor and Somateria mollissima.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northumbria Coast. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 20/02/2020.
