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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
A coastal wetland complex with saltmarshes, coastal lagoons and freshwater ponds, humid grasslands and riverine forest. The area is used for sheep-grazing and rice cultivation.
This is an important site for breeding, wintering and passage herons and wildfowl.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Threats include degradation of the site by urbanization and tourism activities, pollution from the use of pesticides in the surrounding crops, and electric powerlines. Water management in the Integral Reserve is difficult because the land is privately-owned (`Other' threats, above).
Ciconia ciconia and
Porphyrio porphyrio have been reintroduced.
National High
International High4,784 ha of IBA covered by Natural Park (Aiguamolls de l'Emporda, 4,784 ha). 867 ha of IBA covered by Integral Nature Reserve (Aiguamolls de l'Emporda, 867 ha). 4,803 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, 4,803 ha). 867 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, 867 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ampurdán marshes (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ampurdán-marshes-iba-spain on 23/12/2024.
