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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding	2000	3,798 individuals	B3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2000	36,948 breeding pairs	A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	breeding	2000	12,243 breeding pairs	A4iii, C4

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	war, civil unrest and military exercises	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Condition of the site (state), by species
Scientific name	Common name	Reference population	Actual population	Units	% of population remaining	Result
Alca torda	Razorbill	1985	3798	individuals	100	favourable
Species group - seabirds	A4iii	17095	36948	breeding pairs	100	favourable
Species group - waterbirds	A4iii	10759	12243	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

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)
Cape Wrath	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	1,010	protected area overlaps with site	1,014
Cape Wrath	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	6,734	protected area contains site	1,014
Cape Wrath	Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)	0	protected area overlaps with site	0
Cape Wrath	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	1,010	is identical to site	1,014

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
military	-
agriculture	-
hunting	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Cape Wrath. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2440 on 09/06/2023.