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'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
Great Skua Catharacta skua
LC
breeding
2002
269 breeding pairs
A4ii, B1ii, B3, C3
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
very high
negligible
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)
Noss
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
3,338
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Noss
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0
protected area overlaps with site
0
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: South Bressay. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/south-bressay-iba-united-kingdom on 30/09/2023.