The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2011 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala |
EN |
resident (2009) |
2–15 pairs |
A1, B1i, B2, C1, C2 |
| Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris |
NT |
breeding (2009) |
1–27 pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina |
LC |
winter (2009) |
max 511 birds |
B1i, C3 |
| Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
winter (2009) |
39–1,336 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
LC |
non-breeding (2009) |
301–1,320 birds |
B1i, C2 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
40–150 pairs |
C2, C6 |
| Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
20–63 pairs |
B1i, B2, C2 |
| Purple Heron Ardea purpurea |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
2–40 pairs |
B1i, C2, C6 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
winter (2009) |
max 674 birds |
B1i, C2, C6 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta |
LC |
resident (2009) |
137–820 pairs |
A4i, B1i, C2, C6 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
resident (2009) |
12–230 pairs |
B1i, B2, C2 |
| Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
NT |
winter (2008) |
max 279 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
resident (2004–2009) |
153–247 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
resident (2005–2009) |
35 pairs |
A1, C1 |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons |
LC |
breeding (2007–2009) |
229–572 pairs |
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida |
LC |
breeding (2009) |
50–185 pairs |
B1i, B2, C2, C6 |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo |
LC |
breeding (2007–2009) |
130–362 pairs |
C6 |
