Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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 List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Brent Goose Branta bernicla |
LC |
winter (2002–2006) |
1,196–2,673 birds |
B1i, B2, C3 |
| Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
winter (2002–2006) |
396–1,158 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Red Knot Calidris canutus |
NT |
winter (2002–2006) |
400–1,330 birds |
B2 |
| A4iii Species group - waterbirds |
n/a |
winter (2002–2006) |
15,908–32,339 birds |
A4iii, C4 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1981 |
Rogerstown Estuary |
Wildfowl Sanctuary (-) |
100
|
| 1988 |
Rogerstown Estuary
|
Nature Reserve (IV) |
53 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
15 |
Other urban and industrial areas |
| Grassland |
10 |
Humid grasslands |
| Marine Intertidal |
major (>10) |
|
| Marine Neritic |
major (>10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| not utilised |
70 |
| urban/industrial/transport |
15 |
| agriculture |
10 |
| nature conservation and research |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Rogerstown estuary (Ireland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/rogerstown-estuary-iba-ireland on 23/12/2024.
