Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA criteria met: A4i, A4iii, B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 36,859 hectares (368.59 km2)
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2007 | very poor | low | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring, please click here | |||
Site description (2007 baseline)
The IBA covers Morecambe Bay and the Lune estuary, with the Leven, Kent, Keer, Lune and Wyre river channels draining through intertidal flats of sand and silt. The whole system is dynamic, with shifting channels formed by the cycle of erosion and accretion. The site also includes important saltmarshes. This area is of outstanding importance for wintering and passage wildfowl and waders, and for breeding wildfowl, gulls and terns.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Morecambe Bay (United Kingdom). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/morecambe-bay-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.