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'):
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
not assessed
high
low
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
unset
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)
Ben Alder and Aonach Beag
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
6,653
protected area contains site
2,847
Ben Alder And Aonach Beag
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
6,653
protected area contains site
2,847
Ben Alder
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
2,878
is identical to site
2,847
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Shrubland
Heathland
-
Grassland
Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
-
Wetlands (inland)
Blanket bogs
-
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)
Scree & boulders, Inland cliffs
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
hunting
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ben Alder. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ben-alder-iba-united-kingdom on 01/12/2023.