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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	breeding	1994	6 breeding pairs	C7
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	breeding	1992	23 breeding pairs	C7
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus	LC	breeding	2002	16 breeding pairs	C7

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Stercorarius parasiticus	Arctic Jaeger	27	16	breeding pairs	60	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Not assessed	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Yell	Nature Reserve	1,868	protected area overlaps with site	0
North Sandwick	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	6	protected area overlaps with site	0
Gutcher	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	2	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Fetlar to Haroldswick	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	21,500	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Fetlar to Haroldswick	Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area	21,557	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Black Park	RSPB Reserve	282	protected area overlaps with site	210

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Blanket bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

For further information about the land use classification please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Blackpark and Gutcher, Yell. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/03/2023.