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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1991	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	winter	1997	575-1,480 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	winter	1997	10,000-12,800 individuals	B2
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding	1991	350 breeding pairs	B3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding	1991	440 breeding pairs	B3
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii	LC	breeding	1996	105-110 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding	1991	190-210 breeding pairs	C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1997	750-1,100 breeding pairs	A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding	1991	12-13 breeding pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	1997	50,000-99,999 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Baie de Carantec	Hunting Reserve	<1
-	Baie de Morlaix	Hunting Reserve	1
-	FR012	Private Reserve	<1
1982	BEG AN FRY	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1991	Ilots de la baie de Morlaix (marin)	Arrêté de protection de biotope	<1
1991	Ilots de la baie de Morlaix (terrestre)	Arrêté de protection de biotope	<1
1995	Baie de Morlaix	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4
1995	Guisseny	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1995	Anse de Goulven; dunes de Keremma	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	<1
1997	Penn ar C'hleger	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2004	Baie de Morlaix	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	16
2004	Baie de Goulven	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	<1
2010	POINTE DE PERHARIDY	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2012	Baie de Morlaix	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	15
2014	BAIE DE MORLAIX	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Baies de Morlaix et de Carantec (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/baies-de-morlaix-et-de-carantec-iba-france on 23/11/2024.