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The site was identified as important 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 List1	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	breeding	2002	21 breeding pairs	B1iii

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2009) may differ.

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands	98
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable land	1
Shrubland	Heathland	1
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	major (>10)

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Mid Waterford Coast (Ireland). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/mid-waterford-coast-iba-ireland on 23/11/2024.