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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter	2001-2006	3,814 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	NT	passage	2001-2006	10,773 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	NT	winter	2001-2006	14,441 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Dunlin Calidris alpina	NT	winter	2001-2006	6,948 individuals	B2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	2001-2006	30,509 individuals	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2001-2006	44,198 individuals	A4iii, C4

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	1,420	3,814	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	11,000	10,773	individuals	98	favourable
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	12,600	14,441	individuals	100	favourable
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	1,390	1,086	individuals	79	near favourable
Dunlin Calidris alpina	7,050	6,948	individuals	99	favourable
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	33,947	44,198	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Llanrhidian Marsh	Park	-
1933	Gower	Nature Reserve	10
1953	Arfordir Pen-Bre/Pembrey Coast	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	7
1956	Gower	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty	63
1956	Gwyr (Gower)	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty	-
1964	Whiteford	National Nature Reserve	12
1965	Twyni Chwitffordd, Morfa Landim“r a Bae Brychdwn/Whiteford Burrows, Landimore Marsh and Broughton Ba	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	13
1972	Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	80
1973	Gower	Heritage Coast	24
1992	Burry Inlet	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	100
1993	PEMBREY BURROWS AND SALTINGS	Local Nature Reserve	3
1995	Carmarthen Bay Dunes/ Twyni Bae Caerfyrddin	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	3
1996	Burry Inlet	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1996	Carmarthen Bay And Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin Ac Aberoedd	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	100
2005	Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries / Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	71
2006	North Dock Dunes	Local Nature Reserve	<1
2011	Burry Inlet	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	71

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

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Burry Inlet (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/burry-inlet-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.