Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, C3, C4 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 3,402 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | unfavourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A large estuary draining the Rivers Cree and Bladnoch and several burns. The site includes extensive areas of intertidal mudflats and adjacent grazed saltmarshes and supports large numbers of wintering wildfowl and waders.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Wigtown Bay. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/01/2021.
