Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: C7 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 2,719 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | very high | unfavourable | negligible |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The IBA comprises stretches of blanket bog, with lochans, in addition to a variety of other habitats including wet and dry heaths and mires, acid grassland and areas of marsh. The site supports a suite of breeding moorland birds.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Moorland Areas, Central Shetland. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 12/08/2020.
