Protected species in North Sea Coastal Zone 1

North Sea Coastal Zone 1 has been designated as a special protection zone for the following 26 animal species:

(click on the species name to open a window showing a photograph and details)

Mammals:

harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) – H1351
harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) – H1365
grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) – H1364

Fish:

twaite shad (Alosa fallax) – H1103
river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) – H1099
sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) – H1095

Birds:

cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) – A017
shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) – A048
ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) – A137
red-backed sandpiper (Calidris alpina) – A149
sanderling (Calidris alba) – A144
little gull (Larus minutus) – A177
little tern (Sterna albifrons) – A195
eider (Somateria mollissima) – A063
red knot (Calidris canutus) – A143
avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) – A132
black-throated diver (Gavia arctica) – A002
red-throated diver (Gavia stellata) – A001
bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponioca) – A157
oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) – A130
turnstone (Arenaria interpres) – A169
Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) – A138
scaup (Aythya marila) – A062
curlew (Numenius arquata) – A160
grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) – A141
black scoter (Melanitta nigra) – A065