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The site was identified as important in 2016 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
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	non-breeding	1980-2009	5,645-45,000 individuals	B1ii, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2016) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2016	Friese Front	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		100

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Frisian Front (Netherlands). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/frisian-front-iba-netherlands on 23/11/2024.