Chew Valley (United Kingdom) - BirdLife IBA factsheet

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Chew Valley

Current view: Data table and detailed info

IBA Justification

The site was identified as important 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 List¹	Season	Year(s)	Size	IBA criteria
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	LC	winter	2001-2006	514 individuals	B1i, C3

1. The current IUCN Red List category. The category at the time of the IBA criteria assessment (2007) may differ.

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

State (condition of the trigger species' populations)
Species	Reference	Actual	Units	% remaining	Result
Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	420	514	individuals	100	favourable

Pressure (threats to the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Threat	Timing	Scope	Severity	Result
No known threats	happening now	small area/few individuals (<10%)	no or imperceptible deterioration	low

Response (conservation actions taken for the trigger species and/or their habitats)
Protected areas	Management plan	Other action	Result
Whole area of site (>90%) covered by appropriate conservation designation	Unknown	Unknown	low

IBA Protection

Year	Protected Area	Designation	% overlap with IBA
1985	Chew Valley Lake	Site of Special Scientific Interest (UK)	100
1989	Mendip Hills	Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty	100
1996	Chew Valley Lake	Special Protection Area (Birds Directive)	100

Habitats

Habitat¹	Habitat detail	% of IBA
Forest	Mixed woodland	-
Grassland	Steppes and dry calcareous grassland, Mesophile grasslands	-
Wetlands (inland)	Standing freshwater, Water fringe vegetation	-

1. IUCN Habitat classification.

Land use

Land use	% of IBA
tourism/recreation	-

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Chew Valley (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/chew-valley-iba-united-kingdom on 23/11/2024.