• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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
Brent Goose Branta bernicla	LC	winter (1997)	1,758–3,785 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	LC	winter (1997)	2,065–3,748 birds	B1i, C3
Greater Scaup Aythya marila	LC	winter (1997)	4–62 birds	B2
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter (1997)	15–2,300 birds	B1i, C3
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	winter (1997)	201–610 birds	B1i, C3
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	winter (1997)	522–1,902 birds	A4i, B1i, C2
Little Egret Egretta garzetta	LC	breeding (1997)	77 pairs	C6
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	winter (1997)	633–2,000 birds	A4i, B1i, B2, C2
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	LC	breeding (1997)	175–178 pairs	B3, C6
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	LC	breeding (1996)	113 pairs	C6
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	NT	winter (1997)	693–1,240 birds	A4i, B1i, C3
Arctic Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus	LC	winter (1997)	520–26,713 birds	B1i
Common Tern Sterna hirundo	LC	breeding (1979)	180–210 pairs	C6
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica	LC	breeding (1979)	300–400 pairs	C6
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	winter (1997)	20,000-49,999 birds	A4iii, C4

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
-	Traicts du Croisic	Hunting Reserve (-)	12
1970	Brière	Parc naturel régional (V)	22
1992	Bois de Villeneuve	Arrêté de protection de biotope (IV)	<1
1994	BASSIN DU MES - MARAIS DU ROSTU	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	3
1994	POINTE DE PEN BRON	Terrain acquis par le Conservatoire du Littoral (IV)	1

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Marine Intertidal	-
Marine Neritic	-
Shrubland	-	Heathland

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
fisheries/aquaculture	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-
urban/industrial/transport	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Traicts et marais salants de la Presqu'île Guérandaise (France). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/traicts-et-marais-salants-de-la-presquîle-guérandaise-iba-france on 23/12/2024.