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Site description (2007 baseline):

The largest and most intact area of blanket bog in Scotland, lying across Caithness and Sutherland. Human activities include commercial peat extraction. The IBA is of outstanding international importance for breeding divers, waders and raptors. It is also nationally important for breeding wildfowl.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Caithness and Sutherland Peatlands (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/caithness-and-sutherland-peatlands-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.