Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: B1i, B2, B3, C2, C3, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 145,516 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | medium | favourable | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The largest and most intact area of blanket bog in Scotland, lying across Caithness and Sutherland. Human activities include commercial peat extraction. The IBA is of outstanding international importance for breeding divers, waders and raptors. It is also nationally important for breeding wildfowl.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 24/10/2020.
