Current view: Data table and detailed info
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 ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
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 |
|
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 2005 |
Ballaugh Curragh
|
Area of Special Scientific Interest under Wildlife Act 1990 (IV) |
52 |
| 2005 |
Ballaugh Curragh
|
Ramsar Site, Wetland of International Importance (IV) |
52 |
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Shrubland |
- |
Scrub |
| Wetlands (inland) |
- |
Standing freshwater; Raised bogs; Water fringe vegetation; Fens, transition mires and springs |
| 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 28/12/2024.
