Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: B2, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 58,295 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | not assessed | medium |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
A very large area of forest, including lochs, rivers and moorland, that stretches from Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway into the Strathclyde region. The IBA supports a range of breeding waders and waterbirds, in addition to species of forest and moorland.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2021) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Galloway Forest Park. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 16/01/2021.
