Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
winter (1991) |
2,420–4,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Northern Pintail Anas acuta |
LC |
winter (1991) |
220–616 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
NT |
winter (1991) |
1,600–9,750 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
NT |
winter (1991) |
500–980 birds |
B2 |
| Dunlin Calidris alpina |
NT |
winter (1991) |
3,000–4,450 birds |
B2 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1991) |
min 20,000 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| - |
Baie de Saint Brieuc |
Hunting Reserve (-) |
21 |
| 1998 |
Baie de Saint-Brieuc
|
Réserve naturelle nationale (IV) |
31 |
| 1998 |
Baie de Saint Brieuc |
Nature Reserve (-) |
36 |
| 2003 |
POINTE DU ROSELIER
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
<1 |
| 2003 |
COTE DE PENTHIEVRE
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
<1 |
| 2006 |
Baie de Saint-Brieuc
|
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA) |
31 |
| 2015 |
SAINT-ILAN
|
Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) |
<1 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Intertidal |
- |
|
| Marine Neritic |
- |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
| hunting |
- |
| tourism/recreation |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baie de Saint-Brieuc (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baie-de-saint-brieuc-iba-france on 23/12/2024.
