Calf of Man (United Kingdom) IBA | Details

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Calf of Man

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
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	LC	resident (1992)	10 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	not assessed	not assessed	not assessed
Whole site assessed?	State assessed by	Accuracy of information
yes	unset	good

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Designation	Planning	Action	Result
Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	not assessed

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation (management category)	% coverage of IBA
2018	Calf and Wart Bank MNR	Marine Nature Reserve (IV)	8

Habitats

Habitat	% of IBA	Habitat detail
Grassland	-
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	-
Shrubland	-	Heathland

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
agriculture	-
nature conservation and research	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Calf of Man (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/calf-of-man-iba-united-kingdom on 23/12/2024.