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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
Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca	VU	winter	1997	1,074-3,403 individuals	B2
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter	1997	35-300 individuals	B2
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus	VU	winter	1991	10-100 individuals	B1i, C2
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus	LC	passage	1997	1,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	passage	1997	1,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	passage	1991	100-500 individuals	B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	passage	1991	1,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	passage	1991	1,000-10,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C2
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	passage	1997	min 20,000 individuals	A4iii, C4

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
1983	FALAISES DES VACHES NOIRES	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1984	Estuaire de l'Orne	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
1995	Estuaire de la Seine	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	2
1997	Estuaire de la Seine	Réserve naturelle nationale	2
1998	MARAIS DE VILLERS - BLONVILLE	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral	<1
2005	Littoral augeron	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	93
2007	Estuaire de la Seine	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	2
2008	Baie de Seine orientale	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	88
2012	Estuaire de la Seine	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	2

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Intertidal		major (>10)
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	-
tourism/recreation	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Littoral Augeron (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/littoral-augeron-iba-france on 23/11/2024.