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Site description (2007 baseline):

The Montrose basin is about 3 km across, almost circular in shape, and forms the estuary of the South Esk River. Duns Dish, a lowland loch about 4 km north-west of Montrose basin, is also included within the IBA. The site supports large numbers of wintering wildfowl and waders, and for breeding and summer moulting assemblages of Somateria mollissima.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Montrose Basin (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/montrose-basin-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.