• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Map
• Reference and further resources

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:

Species	Red List	Season (year[s] of estimate)	Size	IBA criteria
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus	LC	breeding (1993)	9 pairs	C6

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.

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
Human intrusions and disturbance	happe­ning now	some of popul­ation/area (10–49%)	slow decline (1–10% over 3 gener­ations)	medium

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Whole area (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	A management plan exists, but it is out of date or not compre­hensive	Substantive conservation measures are being implemented, but these are not compre­hensive and are limited by resources and capacity	medium

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
1974	Ben Wyvis	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK) (IV)	100
1984	Ben Wyvis	National Nature Reserve (II)	100

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Forest	-	Broadleaved deciduous woodland
Grassland	-	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland
Shrubland	-	Heathland
Wetlands (inland)	-	Standing freshwater; Blanket bogs; Fens, transition mires and springs

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
hunting	-

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Ben Wyvis (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/ben-wyvis-iba-united-kingdom on 05/12/2024.