Dundalk Bay (Ireland) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Dundalk Bay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	winter	2002-2006	354-604 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	NT	winter	2002-2006	6,995-15,367 individuals	B1i, C3
Eurasian Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria	LC	winter	2002-2006	4,820-15,330 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	winter	2002-2006	2,687-3,816 individuals	B1i, C2, C6
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2002-2006	1,440-4,471 individuals	B1i, C3
Red Knot Calidris canutus	NT	winter	2002-2006	5,989-11,099 individuals	B1i, B2, C3
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter	2002-2006	47,042-66,309 individuals	A4iii, C4

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

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 (1994) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
1994	not assessed	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Lurgan Green	Wildfowl Sanctuary	-
-	Ballymascanlon	Wildfowl Sanctuary	-
1994	Dundalk Bay SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100
1996	Dundalk Bay	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	97
2000	Dundalk Bay SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	45
2009	Dundalk Bay	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	45

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Humid grasslands	10
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
hunting	80
fisheries/aquaculture	50
agriculture	10

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Dundalk Bay (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/dundalk-bay-iba-ireland on 23/11/2024.