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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2000 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
Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus	LC	breeding (1991)	20 pairs	B2, C6
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis	LC	breeding (1991)	10–20 pairs	C6

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	FRN029	Hunting Reserve (-)	17
1981	Courant d'Huchet	Réserve naturelle nationale (IV)	75

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	55	Native coniferous woodland; Alluvial and very wet forest; Broadleaved evergreen woodland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	major (>10)
Shrubland	major (>10)	Heathland
Marine Intertidal	minor (<10)

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	100
fisheries/aquaculture	25
forestry	25
hunting	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Réserve Naturelle du courant d'Huchet (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/réserve-naturelle-du-courant-dhuchet-iba-france on 27/12/2024.