Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
10 pairs |
C6 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus |
LC |
passage (1991) |
1,000–10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus |
LC |
winter (1991) |
2,000–10,000 birds |
A4i, B1i, C3 |
| Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus |
LC |
winter (1991) |
10,000–20,000 birds |
B1i |
| Woodlark Lullula arborea |
LC |
breeding (1991) |
1–10 pairs |
C6 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (1991) |
20,000-49,999 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
40 |
|
| Forest |
6 |
Native coniferous woodland; Mixed woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest |
| Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
minor (<10) |
Urban parks and gardens |
| Grassland |
minor (<10) |
Humid grasslands |
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
minor (<10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| not utilised |
40 |
| hunting |
30 |
| tourism/recreation |
30 |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
2 |
| forestry |
2 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Estuaire de la Canche (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/estuaire-de-la-canche-iba-france on 27/12/2024.
