Data Zone
Country/territory: United Kingdom
IBA criteria met: C6 (2007)
For more information about IBA criteria, please click here
Area: 1,151 ha
| IBA conservation status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year of assessment (most recent) | State (condition) | Pressure (threat) | Response (action) |
| 2007 | favourable | medium | low |
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Site description (2007 baseline)
Loch Assynt is the largest of the nutrient-poor lochs in the north-west Highlands surrounded by broadleaved Betula and Sorbus forest on higher ground with blanket and valley mires, wet heath and acid fen vegetation lower down.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Assynt Lochs (United Kingdom). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/assynt-lochs-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.