Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
LC
breeding
2001
663 breeding pairs
B3
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
LC
breeding
2001
1,254 breeding pairs
C6
Great Skua Catharacta skua
LC
breeding
2001
143 breeding pairs
A4ii, B1ii, B3, C3
Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
VU
breeding
2000
40,000 breeding pairs
B1ii, B2, C3
Razorbill Alca torda
LC
breeding
2000
3,599 individuals
B3
Common Murre Uria aalge
LC
breeding
1999
39,257 individuals
B1ii, C3
A4iii Species group - seabirds
n/a
breeding
1999-2001
90,576 breeding pairs
A4iii, C4
A4iii Species group - waterbirds
n/a
breeding
1999-2001
10,210 breeding pairs
A4iii, C4
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2007
unfavourable
very high
low
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
population
good
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)
Shetland
National Scenic Area
41,817
protected area contains site
0
Fair Isle
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
6,825
protected area contains site
559
Fair Isle
Marine Protected Area (OSPAR)
0
protected area overlaps with site
0
Fair Isle
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
561
protected area overlaps with site
559
Fair Isle
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
561
protected area overlaps with site
559
Fair Isle
Demonstration and Research Marine Protected Area
15,684
protected area overlaps with site
0
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Shrubland
Heathland
-
Grassland
-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
agriculture
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Fair Isle. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/fair-isle-iba-united-kingdom on 02/10/2023.