Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000
Populations of IBA trigger speciesSpecies | Current IUCN Red List Category | Season | Year(s) of estimate | Population at site | IBA criteria triggered |
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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.
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Protected area (PA) | PA designation | PA area (ha) | Relationship of PA with IBA | Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
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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 |
IUCN Habitat | Habitat detail | Extent (% of site) |
---|---|---|
Marine Neritic | - | |
Marine Intertidal | - |
Land-use | Extent (% of site) |
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fisheries/aquaculture | - |
nature conservation and research | - |
tourism/recreation | - |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Westplaat. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/1199 on 31/05/2023.