Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: B1i, B1ii, B2, C2, C3 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 594 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | favourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A chain of five uninhabited islands, located about 10 km off the west coast of North Uist, which support the best uncultivated machair in the UK. The machair and coastline attract wintering geese and breeding seabirds. Branta leucopsis are from the Greenland breeding population.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Monach Islands. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.
