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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 at site	IBA criteria triggered
Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus	LC	resident	1998	35 breeding pairs	C6

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other 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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

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Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Portnellan - Ross Priory - Claddochside	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	24	protected area overlaps with site	0
Loch Lomond Woods	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,440	protected area overlaps with site	97
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs	National Park	186,340	protected area contains site	508
Loch Lomond	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	508	is identical to site	508
Loch Lomond	Nature Reserve	237	protected area overlaps with site	0
Loch Lomond	National Scenic Area	28,088	protected area contains site	0
Loch Lomond	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	237	protected area overlaps with site	165
Loch Lomond	National Nature Reserve	427	protected area overlaps with site	281
Inchtavannach and Inchconnachan	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	105	protected area overlaps with site	104
Inchmoan	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	46	protected area overlaps with site	46
Inchcruin	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	24	protected area overlaps with site	0
Endrick Water	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	235	protected area overlaps with site	0
Endrick Water	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	219	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Endrick Mouth and Islands	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	471	protected area overlaps with site	281

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

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Loch Lomond. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2511 on 01/06/2023.