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Voorhaven Zeebrugge and Baai van Heist


IBA Justification

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
Little Tern Sternula albifrons LC breeding (1997) 425 pairs A4i, B1i, C2
Common Tern Sterna hirundo LC breeding (-) 1,500–1,800 pairs C2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis LC breeding (1997) 1,950 pairs B1i, C2

IBA Protection

Year Protected Area Designation (management category) % coverage of IBA
1997 Baai van Heist Vlaams natuurreservaat (IV) 20
2002 Duingebieden inclusief Ijzermonding en Zwin. Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive) (IV) 8
2005 Kustbroedvogels te Zeebrugge-Heist Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) (IV) 100

Habitats

Habitat % of IBA Habitat detail
Artificial/Terrestrial -
Marine Coastal/Supratidal -
Marine Intertidal -

Land use

Land use % of IBA
urban/industrial/transport -


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Voorhaven Zeebrugge and Baai van Heist (Belgium). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/voorhaven-zeebrugge-and-baai-van-heist-iba-belgium on 23/12/2024.