Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
LC
breeding
2007
4 breeding pairs
C7
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2007
unfavourable
medium
low
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
population
good
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA 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
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)
Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
nature conservation and research
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Loch of Isbister. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/loch-of-isbister-iba-united-kingdom on 07/12/2023.