Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A1, B2, C1, C2, C6 (2000)
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Area: 50,688 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | medium | favourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
An area of massive summits, cut into separate areas by steep-sided glacial troughs.
First identified in 1989; boundary adjusted to match SPA in 2007. 2000 area, 49,113ha. Descriptive text and bird data refer to the 2000 Inventory.
Key biodiversity
This site is very important for a range of breeding birds associated with montane plateaus and pinewoods Pinus sylvestris. The site is also nationally important for breeding Bucephala clangula (5 pairs, 1989, 5%), Lagopus mutus (1,500 pairs, 1990, 15%) and Plectrophenax nivalis (40 pairs, 1990, 40%).
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Cairngorms. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 07/07/2020.
