Lagoa Pequena (19676)
Portugal, Europe

Site overview

KBA status: confirmed

Year of last assessment: 2002

National site name: Lagoa Pequena

Central coordinates: Latitude: 38.5167, Longitude: -8.1500

System: marine, terrestrial

Elevation (m): 0 to 5

Area of KBA (km²): 0.68617

Protected area coverage (%): 100.00

KBA classification: Regional

Legacy site: Yes

Site details

Site description: Lagoa Pequena is a part of an important coastal lagoon at the peninsula of Setúbal: Lagoa de Albufeira. Includes the innest and smallest lagoon and extensive reedbeds uptream, separed of lagoon by a dike and feed by Ferraira and Apostiça rivers. In this area predominate Phragmites australis, poplars and willows and also freshwater open areas. In the surrounding zone, the forest of Apostiça and Ferraira and the sand dunes of Lagoa de Albufeira are to relate.

Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that was identified using previously established criteria and thresholds for the identification of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and for which available data indicate that it does not meet global KBA criteria and thresholds set out in the Global Standard.

Additional biodiversity: This site is important during the whole year for aquatic birds. Reedbeds are important not only for aquatic species like Ardea purpurea, Ixobrychus minutus or Porphyrio porphyrio, but also for migrating passerines during autumn migration.

Habitats

Land use: nature conservation and research

IUCN Habitat	Coverage %	Habitat detail
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	67
Forest	33

Threats

Summary of threats to biodiversity at KBA: There is not any management plan for these protected areas. However, the territories are propriety of the Instituto da Coservação da Natureza, and are fenced. There is an intensive urbanistic and touristic pressure in the area. Water quality is affected by the pouring of two sewage farms upstream.

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