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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 estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Greylag Goose Anser anser	LC	winter	1990-1995	1,430 individuals	B1i, C3

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Anser anser	Greylag Goose	1430	345	individuals	25	very unfavourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	medium

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Hoselaw Loch and Din Moss	Nature Reserve	22	protected area overlaps with site	0
Hoselaw Loch (SWT)	Reserve	22	protected area contained by site	22
Din Moss and Hoselaw Loch	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	51	protected area overlaps with site	46
Din Moss - Hoselaw Loch	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	51	protected area overlaps with site	50
Din Moss - Hoselaw Loch	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	51	is identical to site	50

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Fens, transition mires and springs	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Highly improved re-seeded landscapes	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
nature conservation and research	-
water management	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Din Moss and Hoselaw Loch. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 01/04/2023.