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The site was identified as important in 2011 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
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	resident	2002	30-50 breeding pairs	B2
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	winter	2010	29-120 individuals	A1, C1
Little Tern Sternula albifrons	LC	breeding	2007	min 62 breeding pairs	B2, C2, C6

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2011) may differ.

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
-	Marismas del Río piedras y Flecha del Rompido	Zona de Importancia Comunitaria ZIC (ZEPA/ZEC)	69
1989	Marismas del Río Piedras y Flecha del Rompido	Paraje Natural	67
1989	Marismas del Rio Piedras y Flecha del Rompido	Nature Area	78
1997	Marismas del Río Piedras y Flecha del Rompido	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	69
2000	Estuario del Río Piedras	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	7
2002	Marismas del Río Piedras y Flecha del Rompido	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	72

Habitat1	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Marine Neritic		50
Forest	Native coniferous woodland	10
Shrubland	Scrub	10
Marine Intertidal		-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use	% of IBA
fisheries/aquaculture	60
tourism/recreation	20

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: River Piedras marshes and Rompido sandbank (Spain). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/river-piedras-marshes-and-rompido-sandbank-iba-spain on 23/11/2024.