BirdLife Data Zone

UK168

Ladder Hills

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Criteria

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

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.

For more information about the IBA assessment process and criteria please click here

IBA Monitoring

Most recent IBA monitoring assessment
Year of assessment	Threat score (pressure)	Condition score (state)	Action score (response)
2007	high	very unfavourable	medium
Was the whole site covered?	Yes	State assessed by	Population
Accuracy of information	good

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - persecution/control	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	high
Energy production and mining	renewable energy	likely in short term (within 4 years)	small area/few individuals (<10%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	low

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Circus cyaneus		7	0	breeding pairs	0	very unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

For more information about IBA monitoring please click here

IBA Protection

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
River Spey	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	5,760	protected area is adjacent to site	0
Ladder Hills	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	4,354	protected area overlaps with site	4,240
Ladder Hills	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,354	is identical to site	4,340
Cairngorms	National Park	452,810	protected area contains site	4,340

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Grassland		-
Wetlands (inland)	Rivers and streams, Blanket bogs	-

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Land use

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
hunting	-

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ladder Hills. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.