Current view: Text account
Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The site includes a 12-km-long sandbank, productive sandflats and an estuarine area. The main human activities include fisheries and tourism.
This is an important area for wintering waders.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
The main threats are from disturbance from tourists and shellfish collectors and deteriorating water-quality as a result of agricultural pollution.
National Partial
International None2,530 ha of IBA covered by Natural Landscape (Marismas del Rio Piedras y Flecha del Rompido, 2,530 ha).
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 23/12/2024.
