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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
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1991)	1–10 pairs	C6
Sanderling Calidris alba	LC	passage (1997)	1,000–10,000 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Western Marsh-harrier Circus aeruginosus	LC	breeding (1991)	10–20 pairs	C6
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola	VU	passage (1991)	250–300 birds	A1, C1
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata	NT	breeding (1991)	10 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	SEPNB Reserve	Private Reserve (-)	2
-	Baie d'Audierne	Hunting Reserve (-)	27
1982	Baie D'audierne	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	21
2002	Site de Kerharo-Kerboulen	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	1

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marais de la Baie d'Audierne (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marais-de-la-baie-daudierne-iba-france on 27/12/2024.