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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2000

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix	LC	resident	1996	400 breeding pairs	B2
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	LC	resident	1994	15 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	LC	breeding	1995	8 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	resident	1996	20 breeding pairs	B2, C6

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
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Biological resource use	hunting & collecting terrestrial animals - persecution/control	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	high
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	problematic native species/diseases - named species	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	slow but significant deterioration	high
Natural system modifications	fire & fire suppression - increase in fire frequency/intensity	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
Circus cyaneus		20	10	breeding pairs	50	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90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists but it is out of date or not comprehensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented but these are not comprehensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Forest of Clunie	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	19,348	is identical to site	19,268
Forest of Clunie	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	19,478	is identical to site	19,268

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Broadleaved deciduous woodland, Native coniferous woodland	-
Shrubland	Heathland	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Forestry plantations	-

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Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-
forestry	-
hunting	-
tourism/recreation	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Forest of Clunie. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 06/02/2023.