Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 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 |
|
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) |
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 |
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 |
Extent (% of site) |
fisheries/aquaculture |
- |
agriculture |
- |
urban/industrial/transport |
- |
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.