Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A4ii, A4iii, B1ii, B2, B3, C3, C4, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 19 ha
Protection status:
| Most recent IBA monitoring assessment | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment | Threat score (pressure) | Condition score (state) | Action score (response) |
| 2007 | high | very unfavourable | low |
| For more information about IBA monitoring please click here | |||
Site description
Sule Skerry lies about 60 km west of Orkney Mainland, with Sule Stack a further 8 km to the south-west. The vegetation on Sule Skerry is limited by sea spray and bird activity, and is dominated by Tripleurospermum inodorum during the summer. A lighthouse is present. Sule Stack is a high, bare rock stack, with no vascular plants. Both islands are important for breeding seabirds.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Sule Skerry and Sule Stack. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 04/12/2020.
