Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA criteria met: A4i, B1i, C3, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 1,403 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | Threat (pressure) | Condition (state) | Action (response) |
| 2007 | medium | unfavourable | low |
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Site description (baseline)
This site covers a section of the flat, east-facing shoreline of the Irish Sea, and contains rocky outcrops, a number of islands and long sandy beaches. The site is important for wintering waders and geese, wintering and breeding Phalacrocorax carbo and breeding terns. Most Branta bernicla are from the Canadian/Greenland breeding population of the hrota subspecies.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Outer Ards. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2567 on 02/06/2023.
