Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area

Designations
Official nameBertha's Beach
Designated24 September 2001
Reference no.1103[1]
Gentoo penguin returning to its colony on Bertha's Beach
Male (left) and female kelp geese at Bertha's Beach

Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area comprises 3,300 hectares (8,200 acres) of coastal wetlands at the entrance to Choiseul Sound, on the east coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It lies about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south-east of Mount Pleasant Airport and 40 km south-west of Stanley. It has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because of its significancer for a variety of migratory waders and other waterbirds. Overlapping it is the 4000 ha Bertha's Beach Ramsar site, recognising it as a wetland of international importance.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Bertha's Beach". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Bertha's Beach, East Falkland". Important Bird Areas factsheet. BirdLife International. 2012. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Bertha's Beach" (PDF). Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK. 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.