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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa	NT	winter	2002-2006	75-1,800 individuals	B1i, C3

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	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - agro-industry grazing, ranching or farmin	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - unintentional effects (species is not the target)	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	majority/most of area/population (50-90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Natural system modifications	dams & water management/use - dams (size unknown)	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low
Residential and commercial development	commercial and industrial development	likely in long term (beyond 4 years)	whole area/population (>90%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Cygnus cygnus	Whooper Swan	179	70	individuals	40	unfavourable
Cygnus columbianus	Tundra Swan	132	0	individuals	0	not assessed
Anser albifrons	Greater White-fronted Goose	59	90	individuals	100	not assessed
Spatula clypeata	Northern Shoveler	498	61	individuals	13	not assessed
Mareca penelope	Eurasian Wigeon	7760	3020	individuals	39	not assessed
Anas acuta	Northern Pintail	102	44	individuals	44	not assessed
Anas crecca		3005	358	individuals	12	not assessed
Pluvialis apricaria	Eurasian Golden Plover	17680	5000	individuals	29	not assessed
Vanellus vanellus	Northern Lapwing	3995	2270	individuals	57	not assessed
Numenius arquata	Eurasian Curlew	1205	150	individuals	13	not assessed
Limosa limosa	Black-tailed Godwit	170	700	individuals	100	favourable
Calidris alpina	Dunlin	3569	240	individuals	7	not assessed
Tringa totanus	Common Redshank	155	45	individuals	30	not assessed

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	Very little or no conservation action taking place	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Rahasane Turlough SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	372	protected area contains site	214
Rahasane Turlough SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	351	protected area contains site	240

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Humid grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Rivers and streams, Water fringe vegetation	-

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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 (2022) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Rahasane turlough. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 24/01/2022.