Key Biodiversity Areas

Stour and Orwell Estuaries (2605)
United Kingdom, Europe

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesNumenius arquataEurasian CurlewLC2007link-icon
AvesTringa totanusCommon RedshankLC2007link-icon
AvesLimosa limosaBlack-tailed GodwitNT2007link-icon
AvesCalidris canutusRed KnotLC2007link-icon
AvesPluvialis squatarolaGrey PloverLC2007link-icon
AvesArenaria interpresRuddy TurnstoneLC2007link-icon
AvesCalidris alpinaDunlinLC2007link-icon
AvesCharadrius hiaticulaCommon Ringed PloverLC2007link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Stour and Orwell Estuaries. 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 16, 2025.