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'):
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
very unfavourable
high
medium
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)
Loch Macanrie Fens
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
109
protected area is adjacent to site
0
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs
National Park
186,340
protected area overlaps with site
480
Lake of Menteith
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
489
protected area overlaps with site
489
Flanders Mosses
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
1,073
protected area overlaps with site
855
Flanders Moss
National Nature Reserve
822
protected area overlaps with site
210
Flanders Moss
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
859
protected area overlaps with site
859
Habitat (IUCN level 1)
Habitat detail
Extent (% of site)
Shrubland
Heathland
-
Grassland
-
Wetlands (inland)
Standing freshwater, Fens, transition mires and springs
-
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
nature conservation and research
-
water management
-
other
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Flanders Moss and Lake of Menteith. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/flanders-moss-and-lake-of-menteith-iba-united-kingdom on 30/09/2023.