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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
Northern Pintail Anas acuta	LC	breeding	2007	4 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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Pollution	agricultural & forestry effluents - nutrient loads	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
Anas acuta	Northern Pintail	7	4	breeding pairs	58	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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Not assessed	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
The Loons and Loch of Banks	RSPB Reserve	83	protected area overlaps with site	76
The Loons & Loch Of Banks	Nature Reserve	83	protected area overlaps with site	0
Loch of Isbister and the Loons	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	105	protected area overlaps with site	104
Loch Of Isbister	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	105	protected area contained by site	105
Loch of Banks	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	43	protected area overlaps with site	43

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Loch of Isbister. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.