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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus	LC	breeding	2004	77 males	C6
Woodlark Lullula arborea	LC	resident	2006	2 males	C6
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata	NT	resident	2006	8 males	C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	wood and pulp plantations (includes afforestation) - agro-industry plantations	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	slow but significant deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Caprimulgus europaeus	European Nightjar	100	77	males	77	near favourable
Lullula arborea	Woodlark	8	2	males	25	very unfavourable
Curruca undata	Dartford Warbler	12	8	males	67	unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Some of site covered (10-49%)	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Tower Wood Quarry	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	0	protected area contained by site	0
Little Haldon Heaths	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	119	protected area contained by site	0
Little Haldon	Nature Reserve	18	protected area contained by site	0
Haldon Forest	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1,008	protected area overlaps with site	1,001
Great Haldon Heaths	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	55	protected area overlaps with site	0
Buller's Hill Quarry	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Haldon Forest. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 09/02/2023.