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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
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2001	408 breeding pairs	B3
Razorbill Alca torda	NT	breeding	2001	3,061 breeding pairs	B3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2001-2002	24,911 breeding pairs	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	2001-2002	17,278 breeding pairs	A4iii, C4

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
No known threats	no known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Alca torda	Razorbill	2896	3061	individuals	100	favourable
Species group - seabirds	A4iii	23818	24911	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Species group - waterbirds	A4iii	28145	17278	breeding pairs	62	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

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Protection status:

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Longhaven Cliffs (SWT)	Reserve	36	protected area contains site	36
Longhaven Cliffs	Nature Reserve	34	protected area overlaps with site	0
Collieston to Whinnyfold Coast	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	102	protected area overlaps with site	104
Bullers of Buchan Coast	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	105	protected area overlaps with site	109
Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5,401	protected area contains site	207
Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Buchan Ness To Collieston	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	206	protected area overlaps with site	207

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Sand dunes and beaches, Standing brackish and salt water	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Buchan Ness to Collieston Coast. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 07/03/2021.