Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA Criteria met: A1, A4i, B1i, B2, C1, C2, C3, C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria please click here
Area: 16,436 ha
Protection status:
| 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
A coastal strip of typical wet and dry machair, containing both large and small shallow lochs. The IBA holds a rich assemblage of breeding and wintering birds. Anser anser are from the Hebridean population.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2020) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Uists Machairs, Lochs and Coast. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 20/02/2020.
