BirdLife Data Zone

UK197

Marwick Head

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	breeding	2004	10,476 individuals	C7

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

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2007	high	very unfavourable	low
Was the whole site assessed?	yes	Condition (state) assessed by	population
Accuracy of information	good

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	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high

Condition of the site (state), by species
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Uria aalge	Common Murre	36418	10476	individuals	29	very unfavourable
Species group - seabirds	A4iii	26047	8887	breeding pairs	35	very unfavourable

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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Not assessed	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Marwick Head	RSPB Reserve	10	protected area overlaps with site	5
Marwick Head	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Marwick Head	Nature Reserve	10	protected area overlaps with site	0
Marwick Head	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	9	protected area overlaps with site	9
Marwick Head	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	476	protected area contains site	9

Habitats

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

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

Land use

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

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marwick Head. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2535 on 28/05/2023.