Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 6,892 hectares (68.92 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2007 | very poor | low | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site description (2007 baseline)
This site includes the Inner Tay, with some of the largest reedbeds (Phragmites) in Britain, and the extensive intertidal mudflats on one side of the mouth of the river. The IBA is important for wintering and passage wildfowl and waders, and supports several breeding reedbed species.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Firth of Tay and Eden Estuary (United Kingdom). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/firth-of-tay-and-eden-estuary-iba-united-kingdom on 26/12/2024.