Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria .
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
Species
Current IUCN Red List Category
Season
Year(s)
Population estimate at site
IBA criteria met
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
LC
breeding
2000
2 breeding pairs
C6
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
LC
breeding
2006
2 breeding pairs
C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
LC
breeding
2000
184 breeding pairs
C6
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
LC
breeding
2006
429 breeding pairs
C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
LC
breeding
2000
1,705 breeding pairs
C2, C6
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
LC
breeding
2006
2,726 breeding pairs
C2, C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
LC
breeding
2000
450 breeding pairs
B2, C2, C6
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
LC
breeding
2006
1,273 breeding pairs
A4i, B1i, B2, C2, C6
The current IUCN Red List category may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2007).
IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment (most recent)
State (condition)
Pressure (threat)
Response (action)
2007
favourable
high
medium
Was the whole site assessed?
State assessed by
Accuracy of information
yes
population
good
For more information about IBA conservation status, please click
here
Protected area (PA)
PA designation
PA area (ha)
Relationship of PA with IBA
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha)
Ynys Mon / Anglesey
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
22,010
protected area overlaps with site
59
Ynys Feurig
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
25
protected area overlaps with site
25
The Skerries
Nature Reserve
9
protected area overlaps with site
0
The Skerries
RSPB Reserve
18
protected area contained by site
18
The Skerries
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
17
protected area overlaps with site
17
North Anglesey Marine / Gogledd Môn Forol
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
324,949
protected area overlaps with site
0
North Anglesey
Heritage Coast
7
protected area overlaps with site
24
Cemlyn Estate
Nature Reserve
51
protected area overlaps with site
0
Cemlyn Bay
Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)
44
protected area overlaps with site
44
Bae Cemlyn/ Cemlyn Bay
Site of Community Importance (Habitats Directive)
43
protected area overlaps with site
43
Anglesey Terns / Morwenoliaid Ynys Môn
Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)
101,931
protected area contains site
86
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here .
Land-use
Extent (% of site)
not utilised
-
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ynys Feurig, Cemlyn Bay and the Skerries. Downloaded from
http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ynys-feurig-cemlyn-bay-and-the-skerries-iba-united-kingdom on 23/09/2023.