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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis	LC	non-breeding	1989-2008	510 individuals	A1, A4i
Chestnut Teal Anas castanea	LC	non-breeding	1989-2008	1,962 individuals	A4i
Australasian Bittern Botaurus poiciloptilus	VU	non-breeding	1989-2008	14 individuals	A1
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata	VU	non-breeding	1989-2008	5,839 individuals	A4i

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Natural system modifications	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Braeside Park	Nature Park	34
1993	Seaford Wetlands N.F.R.	Natural Features Reserve	2
2001	Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	24

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Other artificial wetlands	major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	major (>10)
tourism/recreation	major (>10)
water management	major (>10)

State Government owned. Melbourne Water manage all important wetland habitat except for Braeside Park, which is managed by Parks Victoria.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Carrum Wetlands (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/carrum-wetlands-iba-australia on 23/11/2024.