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Boyne estuary

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	winter (2002–2006)	150–1,225 birds	B2

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2013) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2013	not assessed	very high	low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	unknown

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	very high
Transportation and service corridors	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	most of population/area (50–90%)	rapid decline (>30% over 3 generations)	low
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	past (and unlikely to return) and no longer limiting	some of population/area (10–49%)	moderate decline (10–30% over 3 generations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Boyne Estuary	Wildfowl Sanctuary (-)	-

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Marine Intertidal	major (>10)
Marine Neritic	major (>10)

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	100
fisheries/aquaculture	80
urban/industrial/transport	20

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Boyne estuary (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/boyne-estuary-iba-ireland on 23/12/2024.