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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
European Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding	1991	10-20 breeding pairs	C6
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding	1991	350 breeding pairs	B3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding	1991	440 breeding pairs	B3
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding	1991	12-13 breeding pairs	C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2000) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Ouessant	Hunting Reserve	1
-	FR013	Private Reserve	<1
1980	landes Littorales D'Ouessant	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1988	Iroise	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve	100
1995	Ouessant-Molène	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
2004	Ouessant-Molène	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6
2007	Iroise	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	31
2007	Iroise	Parc naturel marin	31
2017	Mers Celtiques - Talus du golfe de Gascogne	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	18

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Shrubland	Heathland	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ile d'Ouessant (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ile-douessant-iba-france on 23/11/2024.