Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
Subnational region(s): South West
IBA Justification: A4iii, B1i, B2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
Area: 2,586 hectares (25.86 km2)
BirdLife Partner(s): Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
| Conservation status of the Important Bird Area (IBA) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2007 | very unfavourable | medium | medium |
Site description (2007 baseline)
A complex of habitats, extending over 10 km south from Exeter to the open sea at Dawlish Warren. Broad intertidal flats and grazing-marshes are the dominant habitats. Extensive mussel, eel-grass Zostera and algal beds and a sand-spit further increase the habitat diversity. The site is important for wintering and passage wildfowl and waders, and for breeding Cettia cetti.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Exe Estuary (United Kingdom). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/exe-estuary-iba-united-kingdom on 24/01/2025.