Key Biodiversity Areas

Mersey Estuary (2537)
United Kingdom, Europe

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesTadorna tadornaCommon ShelduckLC2007D1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesLimosa limosaBlack-tailed GodwitNT2007link-icon
AvesTringa totanusCommon RedshankLC2007link-icon
AvesCalidris alpinaDunlinLC2007link-icon
AvesCharadrius hiaticulaCommon Ringed PloverLC2007link-icon
AvesNumenius arquataEurasian CurlewLC2007link-icon
AvesAnas creccaCommon TealLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mersey Estuary. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 18, 2025.