UK086
Dee Estuary


Site description (2007 baseline):

Site location and context
The Dee estuary lies between the Wirral peninsula and the north Wales coast and consists of a very large intertidal area, some 20 km long and up to 9 km wide. The site comprises extensive mudflats and saltmarshes, with sand-dune and maritime cliff-top communities also represented. The IBA is important for wintering and passage wildfowl and waders.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dee Estuary (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dee-estuary-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.