Site description The Montrose basin is about 3 km across, almost circular in shape, and forms the estuary of the South Esk River. Duns Dish, a lowland loch about 4 km north-west of Montrose basin, is also included within the IBA. The site supports large numbers of wintering wildfowl and waders, and for breeding and summer moulting assemblages of Somateria mollissima.
Populations of IBA trigger species
Protected areas
| Protected area |
Designation |
Area (ha) |
Relationship with IBA |
Overlap with IBA (ha) |
|
| Montrose Basin |
Birds Directive |
985 |
is identical to site |
981 |
|
| Montrose Basin |
Site of Special Scientific Interest |
955 |
protected area contained by site |
955 |
|
| Montrose Basin |
Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar) |
985 |
is identical to site |
981 |
|
| Montrose Basin (SWT) |
Reserve |
1,017 |
protected area overlaps with site |
940 |
|
Habitats
| IUCN habitat |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
| Wetlands (inland) |
Fens, transition mires and springs; Mud flats and sand flats; Tidal rivers and enclosed tidal waters |
- |
Land use
| Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
| agriculture |
- |
| hunting |
- |
| nature conservation and research |
- |
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BirdLife International (2013) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Montrose Basin. Downloaded from
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