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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
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	LC	winter	2007	838 individuals	B2
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis	LC	breeding	1994	135 breeding pairs	C6

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	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Charadrius hiaticula	Common Ringed Plover	710	85	individuals	12	very unfavourable
Limosa lapponica	Bar-tailed Godwit	870	449	individuals	52	unfavourable
Arenaria interpres	Ruddy Turnstone	1270	838	individuals	66	unfavourable
Calidris maritima	Purple Sandpiper	780	447	individuals	58	unfavourable
Thalasseus sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern	135	26	breeding pairs	20	very unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	Unknown	Not assessed	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Sanday	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	10,977	protected area overlaps with site	1,029
Sanday	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Northwall	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	241	protected area overlaps with site	221
East Sanday Coast	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1,615	protected area overlaps with site	996
East Sanday Coast	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	1,515	protected area overlaps with site	1,515
East Sanday Coast	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	1,508	protected area contained by site	1,515
East Sanday Coast	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Central Sanday	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	633	protected area overlaps with site	655

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Grassland	Machair	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: East Sanday. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 21/03/2023.