Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2009 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:
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1991 |
Bull Rock
|
Refuge for Fauna (IV) |
-
|
| 1991 |
Cow Rock
|
Refuge for Fauna (IV) |
-
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Marine Neritic |
95 |
|
| Marine Coastal/Supratidal |
5 |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| fisheries/aquaculture |
95 |
| not utilised |
5 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Bull and Cow Rocks (Ireland). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bull-and-cow-rocks-iba-ireland on 24/12/2024.
