FR037
Iles Chausey


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) 1–10 pairs C6
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis LC breeding (1991) 525 pairs B3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus LC breeding (1991) 350 pairs B3
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding (1991) 20–25 pairs C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC passage (1991) 750–5,000 birds A4i, B1i, C2
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata NT breeding (1991) 1–10 pairs C6

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
- Iles Chausey Maritime Hunting Reserve (-) 6
- FR038 Private Reserve (-) <1
1978 POINTE DU MEINGA Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) <1
1979 Iles Chausey National Marine Hunting Reserve (-) <1
1981 ILE BESNARD Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) <1
1985 ANSE DU VERGER Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) <1
1985 POINTE DU NICK Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) <1
1989 POINTE DE LA VARDE Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) <1
1997 Anciennes fortifications de la Garde Guérin Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV) -
1998 ILES CHAUSEY Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) 3
1998 Golf de Dinard Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV) <1
1998 POINTE DU DECOLLE Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) <1
2000 HAVRE DE GEFFOSSES Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV) <1
2017 ILE CEZEMBRE Land acquired by Conservatoire du Littoral (national seaside and lakeside conservancy) (IV) <1

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable land
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -
Marine Neritic -
Shrubland - Heathland

Land use

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


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Iles Chausey (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/iles-chausey-iba-france on 23/12/2024.