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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: -

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Vallay	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	306	protected area contained by site	307
Vallay	Environmentally Sensitive Area	0	protected area contained by site	0
North Uist Machair and Islands	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	4,705	protected area overlaps with site	0
Machairs Robach and Newton	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	739	protected area contained by site	757
Balranald Bog and Loch nam Feithean	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	820	protected area overlaps with site	0
Balranald	Reserve	658	protected area contained by site	658
Baleshare and Kirkibost	Environmentally Sensitive Area	0	protected area contained by site	0
Baleshare and Kirkibost	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1,358	protected area contained by site	1,465

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Machair	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes, Arable land	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: North Uist Machair and Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.