Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, C2, C3 (2000)
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Area: 2,000 hectares (20.00 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
A bay with mudflats, an estuary, saltmarsh, shingle and sandy beaches, rocky islets, coastal dunes and marine cliffs.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds on passage and in winter, on a regular basis (including Charadrius hiaticula 2,500 (passage); Vanellus vanellus 1,500 (passage) 2,660 (winter); Calidris alpina 2,500 (passage) 4,060 (winter)).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baie de Goulven (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baie-de-goulven-iba-france on 23/12/2024.