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 |
non-breeding (1995) |
561 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala |
EN |
winter (2011) |
52–933 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2, C6 |
| White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala |
EN |
resident (2002) |
min 52 pairs |
A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C6 |
| Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris |
NT |
resident (2007) |
min 3 pairs |
B2 |
| Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris |
NT |
non-breeding (2007) |
min 30 birds |
A1, C1 |
| Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus |
LC |
breeding (2002) |
7–10 pairs |
C6 |
| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
LC |
breeding (2002) |
min 100 pairs |
C6 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
non-breeding (1995) |
800 birds |
B1i, B2, C3 |
| Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus |
LC |
resident (2002) |
min 80 pairs |
B2 |
| Slender-billed Gull Larus genei |
LC |
resident (2007) |
225 pairs |
B2, C2, C6 |
| Audouin's Gull Larus audouinii |
VU |
non-breeding (2002) |
max 1,700 birds |
A1, A4i, B1i, C1, C2 |
