Bluemill (United Kingdom) IBA | Details

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Bluemill

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

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
Mew Gull Larus canus	LC	breeding (1995)	3,250 pairs	B2

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	very poor	low	very low
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	population	good

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Actual vs Reference (units)	% remaining	Result
Mew Gull Larus canus	340 / 3,250 (pairs)	11	very poor

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

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

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2003	Cairngorms	National Park (V)	85

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Shrubland	55	Heathland
Grassland	40
Forest	5	Mixed woodland

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	100

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bluemill (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bluemill-iba-united-kingdom on 22/12/2024.