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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'):

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s)	Population estimate at site	IBA criteria met
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	LC	winter	1988	384 individuals	B1i, C2
Corncrake Crex crex	LC	breeding	2003	32 breeding pairs	A1, B2, C1

The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Crex crex	Corncrake	40	32	breeding pairs	80	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management plan exists but the management planning process has begun	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

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)
Sound Of Barra	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	12,507	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Sound of Barra	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	12,500	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Eoligarry; Barra	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	144	is identical to site	143

Habitat (IUCN level 1)	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Grassland	Humid grasslands, Mesophile grasslands, Machair	-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Eoligarry, Barra. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/eoligarry-barra-iba-united-kingdom on 29/09/2023.