Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 143,490 ha
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | medium | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
The largest continuous tract of open heather Calluna moorland in England and Wales, with long fingers of moor and heath extending down to farmland or abutting woodland edges. Boggy flushes and valley mires are dominated by Juncus. The area is managed for game interests. The IBA supports a variety of breeding upland species.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: North Yorkshire Moors. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 27/03/2023.
