Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: B3 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 1,334 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | very high | near favourable | high |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
Two islands and associated islets and stacks, to the north-west of the much larger island of Rum. They support a variety of grassland habitats along with species-rich maritime heathland and machair-type calcareous grassland. The IBA holds important seabird colonies.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Canna and Sanday. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 22/03/2023.
