Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: C7 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 1,246 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | near favourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A large industrialized estuary that includes one of the four largest expanses of mudflats and tidal creeks on the south coast of Britain. The IBA holds important numbers of wintering wildfowl and waders. Branta bernicla are the bernicla subspecies.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Portsmouth Harbour. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.
