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Site description (2007 baseline):

This estuary complex includes the Rivers Alde, Butley and Ore, with Havergate Island, and is of considerable geomorphological interest and important for wintering wildfowl and waders. Orfordness and Havergate Island are also important for breeding gulls and terns.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Alde - Ore Estuary (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/alde--ore-estuary-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.