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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
Northern Gannet Morus bassanus	LC	breeding	1999	1,879 breeding pairs	B3

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

Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
The Bull and The Cow Rocks SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	380	protected area overlaps with site	317
Cow Rock	Refuge for Fauna	6	protected area contained by site	0
Bull Rock	Refuge for Fauna	4	protected area contained by site	0

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Sea	Open Sea	-
Coastline	Sea cliffs and rocky shores, Rock stacks and islets	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
fisheries/aquaculture	-
not utilised	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bull and Cow Rocks. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.