Data Zone
Country/territory: France
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2000)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 77,900 hectares (779.00 km2)
Site description (2000 baseline)
A complex of many habitat-types. Human activities include stock and arable farming, oyster and mussel farming, and grazing on reclaimed saltmarshes.
Key biodiversity
The site holds 20,000 or more waterbirds, on passage and in winter on a regular basis. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria: Crex crex (5-6 breeding pairs); Tetrax tetrax (20-50 passage individuals); Acrocephalus paludicola (passage).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marais poitevin et baie de l'Aiguillon (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marais-poitevin-et-baie-de-laiguillon-iba-france on 22/12/2024.