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Year of compilation: 2007

A low-lying rocky coastline interspersed with sandy bays. Sand-dune and machair habitats support species-rich plant communities. The IBA is important for both wintering and breeding waders, and also breeding Sterna paradisaea and wintering Plectrophenax nivalis.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: East Sanday. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/03/2023.