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
favourable
high
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)
Monach Isles
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
600
is identical to site
594
Monach Isles
National Nature Reserve
580
is identical to site
577
Monach Isles
Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area
6,171
protected area overlaps with site
0
Monach Isles
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
600
protected area overlaps with site
577
Monach Isles
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
6,200
protected area overlaps with site
0
Monach Islands
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0
protected area overlaps with site
0
Monach Islands
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
3,647
protected area contains site
594
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Grassland
Humid grasslands, Machair
-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Monach Islands. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/monach-islands-iba-united-kingdom on 30/11/2023.