Marion Bay (Australia) IBA | Details | BirdLife International

Marion Bay

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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
Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus longirostris	LC	resident (1999–2008)	18–224 birds	A4i
Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus	VU	resident (1984–2008)	30–105 birds	A1, A4i
Fairy Tern Sternula nereis	VU	breeding (2002–2008)	15–25 pairs	A1, A4i

IBA Conservation

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2009. The most recent assessment (2008) is shown below.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2008	not assessed	high	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happening now	whole of population/area (>90%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	happening now	some of population/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 generations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2004	Long Spit	Private Nature Reserve (IV)	3
2007	Marion Beach	Conservation Area (IV)	4

Habitats

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

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
nature conservation and research	minor (<10)
rangeland/pastureland	minor (<10)

Land ownership

Marion Bay Beach is partly privately owned to the high water mark. Some of the beach is the Long Spit Private Nature Reserve. Two-Mile Beach is Crown Land.

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marion Bay (Australia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marion-bay-iba-australia on 23/12/2024.