BirdLife Data Zone

NL021

Westplaat

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding	1988-1991	174 breeding pairs	B3
Common Redshank Tringa totanus	LC	non-breeding	1989-1991	2,275 individuals	B1i, C3
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1987-1991	88 breeding pairs	C6

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Westerschelde & Saeftinghe	Natuurbeschermingswet	43,682	protected area overlaps with site	0
Westerschelde & Saeftinghe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	44,052	protected area overlaps with site	0
Westerschelde & Saeftinghe	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	43,748	protected area overlaps with site	0
Voordelta	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	83,534	protected area overlaps with site	0
Voordelta	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	90,000	protected area is adjacent to site	350
Voordelta	Natuurbeschermingswet	83,534	protected area overlaps with site	0
Voordelta	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	83,534	protected area overlaps with site	0
Vlakte van de Raan	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	17,521	protected area contained by site	0
Vlakte van de Raan	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	22,600	protected area overlaps with site	0
Vlakte van de Raan	Natuurbeschermingswet	17,521	protected area contained by site	0

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
nature conservation and research	-
tourism/recreation	-

For further information about the land-use classification, please click here.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Westplaat. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1199 on 31/05/2023.