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The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2007 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting IBA criteria.

Populations meeting IBA criteria ('key species') at the site:

Species	Red List	Season (year/s of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	LC	breeding (1997)	1,023 breeding pairs	B3

Ideally the conservation status of the IBA will have been checked regularly since the site was first identified in 2007. The most recent assessment (2007) is shown below.

State (condition of the key species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	1,023 / 1,300 (breeding pairs)	79	near favourable

Pressure (threats to the key species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happen­ing now	few individ­uals/small area (<10%)	no deteri­oration (<1% over 3 gener­ations)	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the key species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Little/none of site covered (<10%)	No manage­ment planning has taken place	Very little or no conservation action taking place	very low

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	80
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	20

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Almorness Point and Hestan Island (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/almorness-point-and-hestan-island-iba-united-kingdom on 07/01/2025.