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The site was identified as important in 2007 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
Common Scoter Melanitta nigra	LC	winter	1995	50,000 individuals	A4i, B1i, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	Unknown	Very little or no conservation action taking place	negligible

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1979	Traeth Pensarn	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	<1
1999	KINMEL DUNES	Local Nature Reserve	<1
2009	Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	95
2011	Liverpool Bay / Bae Lerpwl	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	94

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		major (>10)
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		minor (<10)
Marine Intertidal		minor (<10)

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: North Wales Coast (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/north-wales-coast-iba-united-kingdom on 24/11/2024.