Ballaugh Curraghs (United Kingdom) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Ballaugh Curraghs

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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') at the site:

Species	Red List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus	LC	winter	1995	120 individuals	B2

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

IBA Conservation

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.

IBA conservation assessment
Year of assessment	State	Pressure	Response
2007	not assessed	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
2005	Ballaugh Curragh	Area of Special Scientific Interest under Wildlife Act 1990	52
2005	Ballaugh Curragh	Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance	52

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Shrubland	Scrub	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Raised bogs, Water fringe vegetation, Fens, transition mires and springs	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
not utilised	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ballaugh Curraghs (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ballaugh-curraghs-iba-united-kingdom on 24/11/2024.