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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The area includes woodland, marshes, wet meadows, dunes and beaches, agricultural land and an estuary.
The site is a migratory bottleneck, where more than 3,000 raptors regularly pass in spring (including
Milvus migrans 1,600 individuals;
Pernis apivorus 650 individuals).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
There is considerable pressure from illegal spring hunting (mainly of
Streptopelia turtur). Areas of old mixed forest have been logged as a result of intensive forest management.
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Pointe de Grave (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/pointe-de-grave-iba-france on 22/12/2024.
