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Moray Basin, Firths and Bays


Site description (2007 baseline):

Site location and context
A complex area of coastline and estuary, including Loch Fleet, Dornoch Firth, Loch Eye, Cromarty Firth, Beauly Firth, and Moray Firth (south shore including Burghead and Spey Bay), stretching from Helmsdale south to Spey Bay. These coastal areas form an integral unit that is important for populations of wintering and passage wildfowl, and for breeding Phalacrocorax carbo.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Moray Basin, Firths and Bays (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/moray-basin-firths-and-bays-iba-united-kingdom on 22/11/2024.