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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2007

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population estimate	IBA Criteria Triggered
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata	LC	breeding	1994	66 breeding pairs	B2, C6
Great Skua Catharacta skua	LC	breeding	2002	249 breeding pairs	A4ii, B1ii, B3, C3
Merlin Falco columbarius	LC	breeding	1994	9 breeding pairs	C6

Note: This table presents the IBA criteria triggered and the species that triggered then at the time of assessment, the current IUCN Red List category may vary from that which was in place at that time.

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Threats to the site (pressure)
Threat Level 1	Threat Level 2	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Agricultural expansion and intensification	livestock farming and ranching (includes forest grazing) - small-holder grazing, ranching or farming	happening now	some of area/population (10-49%)	slow but significant deterioration	medium
Climate change and severe weather	habitat shifting and alteration	happening now	whole area/population (>90%)	very rapid to severe deterioration	very high

Condition of key/trigger populations (state)
Scientific	Common	TargetPop	ActualPop	Units	Remaining	Result
Catharacta skua	Great Skua	165	249	breeding pairs	100	favourable

Conservation actions taken at site (response)
Conservation Designation	Management Planning	Conservation Action	Result
Most of site (50-90%) covered (including the most critical parts for important bird species)	Unknown	Not assessed	low

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Protected Area	Designation	Area (ha)	Relationship with IBA	Overlap with IBA (ha)
Uyea - North Roe Coast	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	258	protected area overlaps with site	0
Tingon	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	571	protected area contained by site	569
Tingon	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	571	protected area overlaps with site	584
Shetland	National Scenic Area	41,817	protected area overlaps with site	0
Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	5,474	protected area contained by site	5,470
Ronas Hill - North Roe & Tingon	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	5,470	protected area overlaps with site	5,470
Ronas Hill - North Roe	Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)	4,904	protected area contained by site	4,901
Ronas Hill - North Roe	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	4,904	protected area overlaps with site	4,907

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Shrubland	Scrub, Heathland	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Blanket bogs	-

For further information about the habitat classification please click here.

Land-use	Extent (% of site)
agriculture	-

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

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Ronas Hill - North Roe and Tingon. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 28/03/2023.