BirdLife Data Zone

IE114

Lambay Island

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2009

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
European Shag Gulosus aristotelis	LC	breeding	2004-2009	1,081-1,734 breeding pairs	B1i, B3
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo	LC	breeding	2004-2009	346-501 breeding pairs	B1i, C3
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus	LC	breeding	2004-2007	145-169 breeding pairs	B3
Razorbill Alca torda	LC	breeding	2004-2009	5,685-6,399 individuals	B1ii, B3, C3
Common Murre Uria aalge	LC	breeding	2004-2009	58,207-67,314 individuals	B1ii, C3
A4iii Species group - seabirds	n/a	breeding	2004-2007	50,000-99,999	A4iii, C4

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IBA Conservation

IBA conservation status - summary
Year of assessment (most recent)	Threat (pressure)	Condition (state)	Action (response)
2013	very high	not assessed	low
Was the whole site assessed?	yes	Condition (state) assessed by	unset
Accuracy of information	unknown

Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat level 1	Threat level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Biological resource use	fishing & harvesting aquatic resources - unintentional effects: large scale	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	moderate to rapid deterioration	medium
Human intrusions and disturbance	recreational activities	likely in short term (within 4 years)	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Invasive and other problematic species and genes	invasive non-native/alien species/diseases - unspecified species	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Conservation actions taken at the site (response)
Protected-area designation	Management planning	Other conservation action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	No management planning has taken place	Some limited conservation initiatives are in place	low

For more information about IBA conservation status, please click here

IBA Protection

Protected area (PA)	PA designation	PA area (ha)	Relationship of PA with IBA	Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Rockabill to Dalkey Island SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	27,314	protected area overlaps with site	0
Lambay Island SPA	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	599	protected area contained by site	600
Lambay Island SAC	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	405	protected area overlaps with site	405

Habitats

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Forest	Mixed woodland	-
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Grassland	Mesophile grasslands, Machair	-
Artificial/Terrestrial	Ruderal land	-
Marine Neritic		-
Marine Intertidal		-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

Land use

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

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Lambay Island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/618 on 09/06/2023.