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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The site contains cereal crops, dry meadows, woodlots, bocages and abandoned fields.
The site is important for species of open agricultural landscapes. Species of global conservation concern that do not meet IBA criteria:
Tetrax tetrax (passage).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Water pollution from agricultural run-off
, over-exploitation of water resources as a result of irrigation, and ongoing highway construction, are the main threats.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Plaine calcaire du sud Vendée (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/plaine-calcaire-du-sud-vendée-iba-france on 24/12/2024.
