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'):
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
very unfavourable
low
medium
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)
Loch of Lintrathen (SWT)
Reserve
252
protected area contains site
186
Loch of Lintrathen
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance
217
protected area overlaps with site
186
Loch of Lintrathen
Nature Reserve
230
protected area overlaps with site
0
Loch of Lintrathen
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
186
protected area overlaps with site
186
Loch of Lintrathen
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
186
is identical to site
186
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Grassland
Humid grasslands
-
Wetlands (inland)
Standing freshwater
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
water management
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Loch of Lintrathen. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/loch-of-lintrathen-iba-united-kingdom on 28/11/2023.