Ile d'Ouessant (France) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

FR013

Ile d'Ouessant

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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 Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus	LC	breeding (1991)	10–20 pairs	C6
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding (1991)	350 pairs	B3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding (1991)	440 pairs	B3
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding (1991)	12–13 pairs	C6

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	FR013	Private Reserve (-)	<1
-	Ouessant	Hunting Reserve (-)	1
1980	landes Littorales D'Ouessant	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	<1
1988	Iroise	UNESCO-MAB Biosphere Reserve (UA)	100
2007	Iroise	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR) (UA)	31
2007	Iroise	Parc naturel marin (V)	31

Habitats

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

Land use

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

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 23/12/2024.