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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
This site includes intertidal mudflats and sandbanks, saltmarsh, cliffs, beaches and a marine section.
This is an important area for wintering and passage wildfowl and waders and breeding seabirds. It is also one of the most important sites for waterbirds on the Cantabric coast.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Threats include intensive fishing and shellfish collection, the abandonment of traditional land-use, and recreation and tourism. A recently built dyke has probably caused a decline in bird numbers.
National Partial
International Partial1,800 ha of IBA covered by National Game Reserve (Ría del Eo, 2,023 ha). 1,740 ha of IBA covered by Ramsar Site (Ría del Eo, 1,740 ha). 1,740 ha of IBA covered by Special Protection Area (Ría del Eo, 1,740 ha).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eo river estuary-Barayo beach-Ría de Foz (Spain). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eo-river-estuary-barayo-beach-ría-de-foz-iba-spain on 27/12/2024.
